Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Dancing in the New Year

While I don't believe in resolutions (why wait til the new year to change what needs to be changed?) Javi and I have been discussing our health recently.

I'm a stubborn person. When ppl said "freshman 15" as I left for college, I decided I would NOT be a statistic and began to be unhealthy. When I saw that a lot of ppl fall into the "I'm married now" weight gain we decided that we would NOT fall into that either. I still for the life of me can't figure out why ppl gain when they get married (you don't just "let yourself go") but it really does happen. As I am not pregnant and have no babies, I have no excuse for my body to not be in it's ideal weight*.

*I refer to ideal weight not as a perfect number but at the weight where I feel the healthiest and strongest. When I do not feel like I'm carrying much excess and I can physically do all the things I want to do.

As I've been looking for some exercises to spice up my weight training/yoga routine I see some music playlists for exercising. But the music either a) sucked or b) was something I've never heard of - making it very unlikely that I would actually take the time to download and listen to all those songs.

So here, for you resolution lovers who are gearing up for a new year, new you - I give you some excerpts from my workout playlists:

Guilty Pleasure Pop-
1- Womanizer (Britney)
2- Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson)
3- Get On Your Boots (U2)
4- Shake Me Like a Monkey (Dave Matthews Band)
5- Sexy Back (Justin Timberlake)
6- Single Ladies (Beyonce)
7- Ain't No Other Man (Christina Aguilera)
8- Party Rock Anthem (LMFAO)
9- Fighter (Christina Aguilera)
10- Say Hey I Love You (Michael Franti & Spearhead)
11- Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna)
12- Roller Coaster of Love (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
13- Cowboy Casanova (Carrie Underwood)
14- Hey Mama (Mat Kearney)
15- Dog Days are Over (Florence and the Machine)

Hip-Hop Pop Playlist
1- Yeah (Usher)
2- Fergalicious (Fergie)
3- Apple Bottom Jeans (Flo Rida)
4- Bon Bon Bon (Pitbull)
5- Rude Boy (Rihanna)
6- OMG (Will.I.am and Usher)
7- Shake Ya Tailfeather (Nelly)
8- Pose (Daddy Yankee)
9- Bon bon (Pitbull)
10- Fire Burning (Sean Kingston)
11- I Like You Just The Way You Are (Timbaland)
12- Abusadora (Wisin and Yandel)
13- Boom Boom Pow (Black Eyed Peas)
14- In Da Club (50 Cent)
15- Tonight I'm Loving You (Enrique and Ludacris)

A Little More Rock Playlist
1- Uprising (Muse)
2- Spotlight (Mutemath)
3- Never Take Friendship Personal (Anberlin -- really, anything from this album is golden)
4- Dismantle Repair (Anberlin)
5- Eye of the Storm (Blindside)
6- Going Under (Evanescence)
7- Bring Me To Life (Evanescence)
8- Coming Back to Life (Blindside)
9- Are You Gonna Be My Girl (Jet)
10- Crushcrushcrush (Paramore)
11- That's What You Get (Paramore)
12- Howl (Florence and the Machine)
13- 1901 (Phoenix)
14- Cochise (Audioslave)
15- Gives You Hell (All American Rejects)

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