Soooooooo....a little interesting fact about me - you may not find it interesting, but I don't care - is the animal I hate most in the world is...? Can you guess it? No, really, go for it, guess. Lady Gaga? Huh? I'm confused...I said animal, not a...ummm...hmmm....uhhhh...(scratching my head, pondering deeply, doing "The Thinker" pose) well, I guess your categorizing is pretty accurate. Anyway, no, my answer is a three-toed sloth. Ewwww, gross, gag, willies, keep those freaky, little things away from me. Why you may wonder? They are genuinely ugly, seriously. There is nothing cute to them. Have you ever seen one swim? Their arms are longer than their bodies, and when they swim, their mold-filled fur is all wet making their heads that much smaller and their eyes that much bigger with their go-go gadget arms coming to get you at a surprising fast pace, for a sloth anyway. Not only for those reasons, but I also dislike them for the fact that they are lazy. "Well, duh, Sherlock Abigail, they are called sloths for a reason." For crying outloud, they are too lazy to die. They just hang in the tree until their body rots to the ground. Blah! I'm just saying that any animal that is named after one of the seven deadly sins is not loved by me. Anytime you say that a sloth is cute, I want you to imagine what an animal named greed, envy, or gluttony would look like (kinda like a three year old me with my Halloween candy).
I swear I have a relevant point to all of this. As much as I am an advocate for eating what makes you healthy and happy, having a thought process that makes you healthy and happy, and dressing in way that makes you feel healthy and happy, I cannot condone a lifestyle that is inactive due to choice. For the life of me, it confuses me to no end why someone would CHOOSE to keep activity out of their lives. And for those of you who are scoffing at me right now, I am telling you that it is a choice. If you have been blessed with health, then use it.
I have often given my students this, "Oh, bless your heart, sweet fragile child of mine; I am so sorry that you have two able legs, a strong set of lungs, and fully functioning body. I am so sorry that I have asked you to carry on the tedious task of walking to the office (just right down the hall) for me. Wowwe, I know it's a lot, and you haven't really trained for this, but I believe in you. I believe you can make it to the office!!!!" speech when they roll their eyes because they are too tired to get out of their seats. Yet, they'd be willing to fight to the death with their bare hands in the middle of my classroom for a piece of gum, a potato chip, or a week old gummy bear. But that's another story...I mean, they weren't bleeding that badly, and I did like the gummy bear...Anyway...
There are way too many excuses created for not being active: gyms are expensive, I don't have the time due to kids, work, TV watching, etc., it's just not important to me, I don't need to be active, so on and so on. The saddest one I have heard is people telling me that they are "too fat" to workout. I agree that there is a level of intimidation when beginning a new activity, but it is short lived and one that can be overcome. No matter what it is - walking outside, joining a class, joining a gym, biking around the lake - it should be whatever makes you feel the best. I was very nervous the first time I went into the "boys area" to lift weights because I didn't want to mess up their routine, get in their way, or interrupt their cell phone conversation. Eventually, I learned that those groups of guys that hang around the machines to boost each other's confidence for twenty minutes to max out after two reps didn't care about me at all.
Seriously though, there are people all over the world who wish they had a fully functioning body or the health to complete simple tasks. There are also those people in the world who figure out how to continue to be active with the body they have been given. If you can, then you should...simply put. Don't associate activity with losing weight or anything petty like that, associate it with using what God has blessed you with (and yes, I just ended a sentence with a preposition, pfft). Don't let fears or schedules rule something that is so incredibly important. I am not asking you to run a marathon once a week, but I am asking you to think about what you're able to do. You are literally losing nothing by adding activity into your schedule or your family's schedule.
I mean, lazy days are okay every once in a while, like when there is a really good Law and Order (Sex and the City, 30 Minute Meals, Say Yes to the Dress, Full House) marathon on, but don't make it a daily to do. But please do not fall victim to the three-toed sloth because then I would have to cut all ties with you because you'd soon develop those go-go gadget arms, and I'd be forced to gag. I HATE THEM, ugly monkey wannabes. So, why are you still here? Go do something...without the computer, go jump up and down. Actually, that's what I'm about to do because I can't reach the cookies on the top shelf....
(A note to my previous class: I have yet to post the video. I will see if there is a video to post...haha)
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