aaaaand stretch

I started a Pilates class on the weekends. I've been trying to exercise more (I've been haunted since I heard a kid at the pool last summer describe someone as "J-'s Mommy, you know, the fat one." I don't want to be the fat mommy.) Mostly I just try to run on the treadmill after I get the girls to bed, but I figured this would be a good way to add something new . I don't know though.

Mostly it's a lot of stretching and sit-uppy type stuff, which I like, and is good, but so far I'm not feeling anything. I don't end the class with that "ooh, yeah, worked that muscle" in my body. Which could mean that 1)I'm already in fabulous shape 2)the teacher doesn't know what she's doing or 3)it takes time. 1 is extremely unlikely (though I am quite flexible for a somewhat zaftig girl), and I hope it's not 2, so I'm counting on 3.

I can't get over the feeling that, if you take away all the "core" and "flow" and quasi-spiritual breathing mumbo-jumbo, it's a lot like the old "Jane Fonda Abs and Butt" tape I used to have. Which was actually a pretty good workout, now that I think about it, so I guess it's ok.