Nov 24 2008
Channelling My Inner Sponge - HASAY Update
So I don’t have a lot to brag about on the fitness front. It’s been a combination of viral infections, scheduling conflicts, and plain apathy that were my downfall last week. This week the prospects would seem just as grim considering Turkey Day looms just on the horizon, threatening diet ambitions with its gluttonous offerings.
I’m not going to lie.
I expect to eat my weight in sweet potato casserole, turkey, and chorizo stuffing. Then I’m going to get horizontal while my children run rampant in someone else’s house, terrorizing cats and feeding leftovers to the dog. All the exercise I’m going to be getting Thursday will be in the brief treks I make from the kitchen to the dinner table to the sofa to the car to my bed. I suppose I could travel in walking lunges and work off some of that sugar and starch, but what are the chances.
My goal this week is to try and make up for that one no - holds - barred day of eating. Today I plugged in my Jillian Michaels DVD, put on my sneakers and sports bra and got to “Shredding” - twenty minutes of strength and cardio intervals designed to shrink my thighs and give me palpitations. The problem is every time I do the Level 1 segment, I always think of this video:
I’ve got four kids, we’ve been Spongebob Squarepants fans for a long time. One of the “Shred” moves in particular is a pelvic stretch that is almost identical in practice to Spongebob’s “bring it around town” move. Inevitably every time I put my hands to my hips and do this rotating stretch, I can’t help but shriek my zaniest cartoon imitation of the yellow goober. I suppose there are worse things to channel as I exhaust my muscles in to near collapse. Spongebob is eager, energetic and spunky for an invertebrate. And I’m pretty sure he’s got like zero body fat. So rather than focus on Jillian Michael’s angry eyes, flared nostrils, and rock solid abs, I’ll channel my inner sponge and shred the week away. (Except for Thursday, I’ve made that abundantly clear right?)I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready, I’m ready.
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Hahhahhah! That’s awesome. As long as you’re not doing it in public, whatever works right??
I love that episode of Spongebob, but I don’t think that move helps him in the fitness department. Remember, he can’t even lift a barbell with 2 teddy bears on it. Hey, that sounds like me!