October 4, 2009

Over the years I have amassed an insane amount of work out videos, from aerobics to taebo to belly dancing…name it, I probably have it.   Oh, mind you, it doesn’t end there!  Over the years, I’ve also bought practically every exercise equipment my humble budget would allow – treadmill, airwalker, stepper, dumbells, yoga ball – name it, I’ve probably have bought it at some point.

The thing is, there was a time when I worked out like there was no tomorrow.  I used to be able to do 3 aerobics classes in one day!  I was unbelievably disciplined!  Things started going wrong after I got married…not to blame my husband, of course!   Burn out must have caught up with me.  At least, that’s what I tell myself.

For the last 7 years, I have been trying to find my exercise mojo.  I may have finally found it again.   Meet my new friends and workout buddies, the Kettlebell…

and the KettleWorx videos…

I received a package some weeks back containing these items exactly so that I could review them.  For about 3 weeks now, I spend 20 minutes, 3 times a week doing the KettleWorx workout.  It IS a struggle, mind you…because I could always easily find an excuse to skip working out: mommy duties…chores…blogs…chores again…etc.   Still, I manage to bring myself to pop the video in the vcr and follow the simply 20-minute work outs.

The workouts may only be 20 minutes long but they are quality workouts.  For 20 minutes, I huff and I puff as I go through two sets of full body workouts.  I can actually feel my muscles working and burning.  The workouts are never boring because I mix up cardio, core and resistance training.  Plus, every week, it’s a different set of work-outs!  The Kettlebell I’m using right now is 5-lbs.  I think I’m ready to move on to 10-lbs.  But that’s another expense so…

There may still be hope for me…to look good in time for Christmas…or Thanksgiving!    The holidays are coming and I can’t afford to gain anymore weight!  Pahleeez!

It’s a Pink October and pink is definitely the color of the hour, that you can’t deny.  To usher in Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I took the first step to achieving something that I’ve been wanting to do since 2007, and that’s to Walk for the Cure.  Last Thursday, I registered my family for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, which will be held here in Austin on November 1st.  We are Team Tickled Pink Munchkins.  Hee hee.  My family will not really be racing as we are joining the 1-Mile Family Walk.  We have set a reasonable fund raising goal, which is $200.  We are hopeful that we will reach that goal.  You are most welcome to help us reach it!

It’s going to be a very busy last quarter of the year.  Before I can even start thinking about holiday gifts there’s a lot of things that I’ll need to cross out from my to do list first.  One of them is to come up with a t-shirt design for our team.   It’s not really necessary to have a team shirt, but it would sure be nice to have one. I hope to get that out of the way by the end of next week.  So wish me luck!