Gold Digger by Glee Cast – I was never a big fan of the Kanye West version, but the cast of Glee won me over.Ģ. So I’ve made a new mix to help me through my time of need. Regret that I spent the winter eating pasta with various cream sauces. Last year in the midst of my Shred mania I made myself a workout mix to listen to because I cannot bear to listen to Jillian’s voice. Of course I guess the kids these days would refer to it as an iMix and not a mix tape. And that group doesn’t know how lucky they are because Gulley has been queen of the mix tape since I first met her back in 1990. Needless to say, she asked the trainer if she could bring in her own mix for the group. But my grandma used to have a Lynyrd Skynyrd eight-track tape that she listened to in her El Camino.” And that’s my version of how Gulley ended up doing lunges and squats to Freebird last week. What do you think a bunch of old women want to listen to during a workout?” He probably went home, called one of his buddies and said, “Dude. That poor guy had no clue what a bunch of women in their late thirties and forties would want to listen to while working out. The women in the group were puzzled by the musical choice until they realized that their trainer is in his early twenties. So the next day he brought Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Greatest Hits and cranked that bad boy up while they went through their workout. She told me that after the first day the women in the group asked the trainer if he could bring some music for them to listen to during the workout. Other than that it would have been solid gold. I totally thought about doing it with her except for the part about 5:15 a.m. They meet three mornings a week at 5:15 and workout for an hour with a trainer.
And the neighborhood pool officially opened last weekend.Īnd chile con queso? You are also my nemesis.Ī few weeks ago, Gulley started going to bootcamp with a few other women in her neighborhood. Sadly, I meant to recommit my life to The Shred back in March to give myself ample time to prepare for the onslaught of swimsuit season, but somehow March flew by in a haze of Gummie Sour Lifesavers and puffy beef tacos and chile con queso. But such is the plight of a woman on the brink of forty whose metabolism is a faint memory of what it used to be back in the days when she could eat a deep fried burrito covered in chili for lunch and her stomach would remain flat. I’ve only watched a few episodes of Biggest Loser, but I spent many a day last summer hating The Shred. And, yes, it needs to be capitalized because it is The Awful.įor those of you who don’t know, the 30 Day Shred is a workout program by Jillian Michaels from the Biggest Loser. I just finished doing The Shred and I feel like I need to talk about it while the hate is still fresh in my mind.