This is an extension of The Spotlight Sunburn designed to focus solely on my escapades into the physical, getting into shape, staying in shape, enhancing my skills as a fancer (read: fake dancer).
Putting all the physical efforts into one place seemed more useful to me than interspersing the Spotlight with wearied posts about how I went running, how out of shape I am, blah blah blah. This is just an offshoot - my ultimate goal is still to document the trials and tribulations of my theatrical life, and this is, for sure, a trial and a tribulation. Twenty years old and so out of shape... let's do this thing!
I was motivated to start my summer make-over, as it were, by the intimidation I feel at heading off to NYU in the fall. I'm in the New Studio for Musical Theatre, so there will be real dancers everywhere, and I want to be in decent shape so I can at least keep up. It will be easier to perfect my pirouettes and time steps if I'm not gasping for air all the time.
So, in addition to this summer project of getting in shape, I'm also starting to log what I eat and to start consuming healthier foods. Call me paranoid, but I'm a registered member of CalorieCount.about.com, which is an incredibly easy way to keep track of your intake and what's in what you eat. It's an eye opener, but it's motivating me to eat better so I feel better.
Hopefully I'll keep up with this and it will take off. I've managed to keep up with my routine for about five days now, so I'm proud that I've kept at it for this long. Let's make it all summer.
