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Nikki M. Mascali
I’m not going to lie to you. I ate like an elephant over Easter weekend. I’m not proud of it, but I sure as hell enjoyed every bite of homemade goodness.
A little more than a year ago, I wrote a column about my New Year’s resolutions. I thought putting them — quitting smoking for good, going to the gym three times a week, eating better — out to our readers would make me stick to them. That having them printed in a paper with more than 100,000 readers would hold me accountable.
Not even close. I started 2009 the same weight I started 2008. I ate the same unhealthy things. Gym? Hell no. The only thing I stuck with was quitting smoking, so at least I have that.
This year, I vowed like always to do those same things, and I’m happy to report that four and a half months into 2009, I’ve finally found something that works for me: exercising in the early morning in the comfort of my own home, at my own pace. And while watching lots of early-morning infomercials.
In January, I acquired a magical contraption called the Air Climber. It’s a stepper with billows you pump (like a pair of Reebok Pumps, for those of you old enough to remember those) before you start stepping. It came with resistance bands you can attach for extra burn, plus DVD workouts, but I’ve yet to embrace them as much as the stepper itself. I’m still doing baby steps, no pun intended, before moving on to the big-girl workout. I am up to level four now, and it’s a killer.
For the first time in my life, I’m really sticking with exercising. Whether it’s the Air Climber, a yoga routine from SELF magazine, Pilates or walking around the track near my house, I’ve been really good about doing at least something every day. In fact, today, this 17th day of April, I’ve already have 12 days of exercising behind me this month, not too shabby methinks.
So maybe I am 15 months late on my 2008 resolutions, and maybe I do, on occasion, like to indulge in good food a little too much, but I wouldn’t change a thing now. I don’t know what I was so afraid of all those years, liking myself? Finding a balance between my love of food and my health?
I’ve really made a lifestyle change and made time to stick to it, and it really wasn’t that hard. I’m proud to say that for the first time in a really long time, I like what I see in the mirror.
Here’s the link to the Web site for my beloved Air Climber. Check it out, maybe it’ll help you too if you’re struggling to stick to whatever health-related resolution you have. www.theairclimber.com
(That may or may not have been a plug to try and get me on its next infomercial. I’ll never tell.)
About the Author
Nikki M. Mascali began her career at the Weekender as an intern in 2005 - and holds the honor of being the oldest intern the paper ever had. She received her degree in journalism from Luzerne County Community College in 2007 and joined the Weekender staff full-time in 2006 as staff writer/designer before becoming associate editor in 2010. In March 2011, she was named editor.
Nikki has interviewed everyone from Gene Simmons to Richard Simmons, and her articles have run the gamut from local and national theater to music and in-depth reports on the radio industry and negativity in NEPA.
Nikki enjoys writing, quoting movies, traveling and being a diehard foodie - which is why she pens our weekly food and drink column, "Dish."
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