I was sitting at my desk (I work from home) when I looked outside, in the back yard, and saw this crazy possum walking around our yard … in broad daylight.
First of all, a possum during the day? Don’t they usually sleep?
I grabbed our video camera and began to tape this crazy animal walking around in circles (my husband added the Van Halen song – clever, eh? *grin*)
The only thing we can figure is that the critter must have gotten clipped by a passing car and became disoriented. He literally couldn’t figure out where he needed to go. And if you look closely, it looks like he’s limping.
Aren’t they cute? This is my mother-in-law (the blonde woman on the right) and my grandmother-in-law doing a little dance and showing off their matching t-shirts. My husband thinks this was taken in 1964 sometime. That means my husband would have been about four at that time.
I’m still doing Turbo Jam. In fact, I’ve gotten into the habit of doing the 20 minute Turbo Jam session first and then walking for 90 minutes – so I’ve been working out nearly two hours at a time. I’m literally soaking wet when I finish and my arms and legs are jelly but WOW, I feel so …. ALIVE afterward. It’s quite a high, actually.
I’ve been alternating this routine with doing Punch, Kick and Jam one day and then the sculpting another day. My body is really starting to tone up and judging by the looks the husband is giving me – all of this sweat and work is REALLY paying off. I can’t tell you how good I feel, both physically and mentally – I feel strong and attractive. It’s been worth the time and effort and because I’m seeing such good results, I’ve been even more motivated to keep it up. I’ve been buying some new clothes too, which has been adding to my overall sense of accomplishment.
I try to workout every day, but I do skip days sometimes because I’m just so tired. Oh, don’t forget to eat a lot of protein – salmon, eggs, tuna, etc. I can’t tell you how MUCH that helps when you’re on a work out schedule. First, it gives you the energy to work out and then it helps replenish that energy after you finish.
I taped the part of Punch, Kick and Jam that nearly kills me every time. Luckily, it’s at the beginning of the session when I have the most energy so once I get past that part it’s downhill from there, but WOW, it’s really effective – hard, but effective.
Maybe I’ll tape myself doing Turbo Jam sometime … that’s a big maybe.
If you’ve been thinking about starting an exercise routine, I can’t stress to you enough that it’s really, really, really worth it. If you want to shape up you can’t be lazy – just get in there and do it – no bitching, no excuses – it’s not going to happen if you don’t get off your butt. Find something that is fun and you don’t mind doing. Whether that’s walking, jogging, riding bikes, swimming, aerobics … whatever. If you don’t like doing it, then you won’t continue doing it. I like Turbo Jam because it’s a combination of aerobics and dance and the music is really awesome.
I’ve also been wearing my weighted hand gloves. Not only during Turbo Jam but when I’m walking as well as holding my normal three pound hand weights. That’s a total of about five pounds per arm during my walks. I’m seeing definition in my arms for the first time since my 20’s. I think once I master the Cardio Mix session I’m going to order these next.
I won’t say I’m in the best shape of my life, but honestly? I’m getting close.
I watched three movies this week during my walks:
1. Reservation Road – slow, but pretty good.
2. My Mom’s New Boyfriend – silly, but cute.
3. Nim’s Island – Jodi Foster was absolutely adorable in this film. Her anixety was over-the-top silly and yet, it worked.
Did I mention I LOVE my treadmill set up? Here’s a picture of it if you haven’t seen it.
How is your work out routine coming along? Are you seeing results?
This isn’t a big deal to most of you. But this was the first time we were even close to a subway, let alone getting ready to ride one for the first time.
The woman in the pink t-shirt that walks in front of the camera and looks like she’s about to faint on the tracks from nerves and then notices that nearly every person on the train is dressed for business and there she is wearing ratty tourist clothes? Yeah, that would be me.
We’re walking The Mall area, on our way to the Washington Monument, when we stop to catch our breath. Well, me and the boys stop, the hubs continues to walk around and take pictures.
Only, he’s not taking pictures, he has the video function turned on and doesn’t know it. We got quite a kick out of “following” the hubs around. 😀
(That’s carousel music in the background – annoying, isn’t it).
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