So I walk two miles a day on our treadmill, Monday to Friday. I lift some weights, and do sit ups, too. We have an exercise room and sauna (of which I haven’t quite figured out how to use, but I should come winter when I’m cold.) I just bought my third pair of Asic tennis shoes. These are the gel Kayano’s. I wore the other two pairs out. One pair from doing yard work. I don’t really wear tennis shoes other than when I’m exercising or working in my planters.
To make the time pass, my hubby mounted a wall TV with a DVD player in it for me. My recent viewings have been:
The Tudors. I can’t rave enough about this series. I’m counting the days until December 30 when Season 2 is released. This series was good for about a 6 pound weight loss. I was enamored by the costumes, the dialogue, the story–even though we all know about Henry and his wives. The casting is excellent and I couldn’t wait to get out on the treadmill to see what was going to happen next.
The Thorn Birds. An oldy but goody. I watched this years ago on TV. Watching it now, as an adult . . . I couldn’t help almost thinking there was an icky feel to it. Father Ralph almost bordered on pervy when Meggie was a child. I may have only lost 1-2 pounds watching this mini-series.
Lost. Everyone has raved about this show to me so I decided to give it a try. The first five minutes hooked me. I may have only lost about 1 pound since starting this bad boy, but so far, so good. I’m on episode four. I’m wondering what’s in the forest. I’m guessing like a morphed dinosaur or something.
DVDs I stared, but failed to get into. James Michner’s Centennial. Another oldie that I remember loving on network TV. It felt too dated to me this time around. The Girls Next Door on my daughters’ big thumbs up. Two episodes and I felt like I was on a saccharin overdose. Honestly, those young girls can’t possibly think the Hef is such a stud.
Those of you who regularly follow my blog, will recall me trying to fit into that fabulous gold dress. I’m close(r), but no cigar. The cut of that Kay Unger is a bit teeny in the boobage area. I’m still trying. To date – 12 pounds lost. And watching “Lost” should motivate me to lose more. There’s like a bazillion episodes for me to watch that I still have to go through.
After Lost, I’m not sure what I’ll watch. Any suggestions? I heard House was pretty good.
Walk On Steph!
I think we should start a Treadmill/DVD challenge club, like Ophra’s book club – LOL. I just recently finished reconstruction on my garage to a gym (well 95% finished I want it to look 100% Beach gym and 0% garage). I have(so far… I am hoping for this to become an obsession) a weight bench, stair stepper, and a treadmill (I had my hubby fit a shelf/platform type of thing to the front, big enough for my laptop and a couple bottles of water) and am starting my journey to lose! I have been watching (can NOT believe I am admiting this…) Big Brother. I am a closet fan and have watch every season. But it is coming to an end so I need to find a new series to get me out there and walking. I love that the major networks show all their big shows online. Think I will start last years “Amazing Race” before this year’s starts… That ought to get me through a couple weeks… Oh and if you’re just starting Lost… You’ll be in that slinky goldie soon… That show is GOOD, it really picks up in the later seasons…
Yesterday I added a massage table but somehow I think that 99% of the time it’s hubby who’s going to be getting the massages rather than giving, but…ah well. I’ll take that 1%. OK off to start my day. Oh BTW I ordered 3 of your books online and they should be waiting at my PO box today when I get there. I have never read any yet so am looking forward to jumping in.
Have a good day!