all costs: I perfected the list of excuses that would get me out of gym class (periods and ear infections work, for the record) and lasted less than one practice on the field hockey team (I was done when I discovered we wore the cute skirts only on game days). Then I went to college, gained the freshman 15 (okay, 20), and that was it: I had to exercise, no matter how much I hated it. In the dec-ade since graduation, I’ve joined gyms;
taken Pilates, boxing, and yoga classes; lifted weights; hiked up…
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