The Bachelor’s Melissa Rycroft has gotten off to a strong start on the eighth season of Dancing with the Stars, quickly emerging as a top contender for this season’s winning title, but on Jimmy Kimmel Live Friday night, the former Dallas Cowboys cheerleader Friday took herself to task over her success.

When Kimmel asked if she feels like she and pro partner Tony Dovolani are improving as the competition goes on, Melissa replied: “I feel like we take ten steps backward every time the show ends and we start again, because it’s a new routine and it’s something I haven’t done before. So, I was really comfortable with that stupid salsa that we did, and now you’ve got to throw that out the window and … foxtrot?”