roll up

There's this pilates move the girl on my DVD calls a roll up. Basically you lay flat on the floor and pull yourself all the way up using your abs. I used to be able to do one and then when I started doing that video again I wasn't able to. Tonight after a little workout I got on the floor of the workout room and up I went, over and over again. It didn't hurt that I was listening to Dropkick Murphys and imagining I was a male prisoner undercover cop doing sit ups.

Why I'm trying to get fit:
1) Because I want to look awesome in my tight clothes
2) Because my mother was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and since that stuff is hereditary, I want to nip it in the bud/butt/kick its ass
3) Because I don't want to be fat at my friend's wedding next year when I run into people I used to know and haven't seen me in years. "Hey, what have you been up to?" "Oh, working in commercials, got married, ate lots of cupcakes...is that my ex? Crap."
4) Because I have an important man that lives with me and finds me sexy anyway and I want him to be right