Bust that ass!

I made a pretty major leap starting Nov 14. Well, not that major to other people, but it is to me.

So, what was the leap? After a year, I finally busted my ass again. Sorry for the language I mean, I worked out again. Yes, after a year. Let me be honest, that I mostly exercised for only about every once a year or so. Oh yeah, that’s my honesty. And yes, I’m THAT lame in shaping up my own body.

You see, here’s the thing: I’m not a ‘moving’ person—I’m trying to say that I don’t like moving my body, literally. I simply don’t like sports and the like. A good guess that I have a not-that-fit body. Not to mention that I don’t have decent food intake every day. Omigod, I just now realized how lousy I am!

Go out and face those people!

Anyway, on the said date, I also eventually went out of my house and even out of the complex where we live to walk and jog, all by myself. That’s also a major leap. Why? I’m originally more of a stay-at-home person and kind of ‘scared’ of people. So, going out to exercise is, of course, such a HUGE step for me. Never, in my history, I had jogged alone. I have had always ‘covered’ myself by having a company while jogging.

And now I think again, “Okay, some people on the street stared at me as I was the only one walking and running, so what? They even stared for not more than one minute, big deal!” Yes, despite the fact that the roads do not have proper pavements, there’s actually nothing to worry. God, where have I been?

Who inspired me to make this major leap?

I necessarily think that I do need to mention the name of that inspiring person. It is a blogger whose blog I always keep up with (you can see the link in the sidebar of this blog): Zandria.

I’ve been keeping up with Zan—who is ‘only’ four years older than I am—for about a year, more or less. I first knew her from her blog on BlogHer.

Then I gave her personal blog a visit and fell in love at the first reading, in particular when I found out that she used to be in-between shy-quiet person (it’s so me!). Keeping up with her enables me to see lots of her life progress, including the progress in which she is no longer that shy-quiet.

I’ve been learning numerous real-life lessons from Zan, big time. If she can at last cope with more people than she used to, why can’t I?

Fitness is one of the things she has been ‘teaching’ me. Seriously, she’s the very first person who makes me think that fitness really IS for every one (I used to think that fitness has to do only with those hot, sexy chicks—duh, everybody wants to be healthy!), and that it can be fun as well.

So, I humbly thank you, Zandria

PS: I work out pretty much regularly now (to my surprise). So, no, it’s NOT a mere sporadic leap, people

PS #2: I featured Zandria’s blog as one of 5 gorgeous blogs for your heart, mind, and soul on my other blog, Gorgeous Inspirations.