peer-pressure fitness

i am pretty tired of not having anything to wear... they say it's "9 months on, 9 months off", but frankly, i haven't done much (other than breastfeeding) to work at getting this last bit of baby weight off. when ethan was born, it was too hot to walk... now it's too cold to walk. :) i am full of excuses... and really, it's not too cold to walk most days. i have no room to complain that my jeans are still too tight. my fear is that i will still not fit in my clothes by the time baby #2 comes along... and then i'll just grow exponentially over the next 10 years with each child...ahh!!! honestly, i have never had much self-motivation for exercise. it has always been a social thing for me. if my friends were going, i'd go. janie and i had a great running routine going in high school. i got up to a few miles, i think, didn't i, jane? i joined cross-country my junior year in high school with melissa, but i quit when i found out we had to run on the beach. rachel and i used to run around harding park every night one year in college... but i don't remember going much without her. i'd walk or run with rachel and julie in memphis, but never by myself. when kristi and i were pregnant last winter, we took water aerobics together...but if she was tired or couldn't get a sitter for lydia, i didn't hesitate to stay home and sleep the afternoon away (well... i WAS pregnant!). now, we walk around the neighborhood with the kids every once and a while, but this tummy isn't going away with "every once and a while". so, i have found a friend who will be there night and day, at my beckon call, to exercise with me.... her name is lara hudson and she has her own pilates video. i found it at wal-mart for $9.44! it has 5 10-minute segments that target different parts of the body... i have never done pilates, but it sounds great. i like the idea of 10 minute segments. that way, if i just have 20 minutes, i can do 2 segments without feeling like i stopped in the middle of a longer workout...or if i feel the urge, i can do the whole 50 minute workout. weather, busy friends, and really, time, can no longer be excuses for me. brian and i watched the video last night (over chocolate chip cookies) :) to see what it was like... let's just say, i'll be working up to it!! i was sore just watching it. :) i hope i can muster up some discipline to stick with this. and yes, i'll leave out the cookies the next time i put the dvd in. :)