By Jody Worsham
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When the shipboard intercom blares out "Whales on the starboard bow," I don't want everyone on the cruise ship turning to look at me. We are taking a cruise in four months for our 50th wedding anniversary and I must admit (mirrors don't lie so I have to admit it) I have known a few cheeseburgers, known as in the Biblical sense.
So I once again dusted off the
"Sweating to the Oldies" DVD and vowed I would not miss a day until
my ship comes in and we leave on it. You
would think my family would be supportive since, sans 50 pounds, I would have
more energy to take care of them. Not
so.
The very first day of “Sweating to the Oldies”, right in the middle of "Peggy Sue", the eight-year-old walks into the den and quips "I don't even know how to respond to this." The next day at the beginning of "Am not No Mountain High Enough" as I was groaning and attempting to ratchet my left leg out straight with the floor, Dr. Hubby rushes in to ask if I had fallen. Ok, you might count that as supportive, but I think it was concern for the tiled floor.
I have sweated to the oldies for seven days now. The only difference that I have noticed is that I have a few thousand more muscles than I remember having in my twenties and they are all telling me exactly where they are and to what major body part they are connected to. Also the beat to "Wipe Out" seems to be accentuated by the crunching of shoulder bone against shoulder bone. The knee bones get into the act about the middle of "He's a Rebel" which I have renamed "He's a Rebel and My Whole Body Knows It".
The very first day of “Sweating to the Oldies”, right in the middle of "Peggy Sue", the eight-year-old walks into the den and quips "I don't even know how to respond to this." The next day at the beginning of "Am not No Mountain High Enough" as I was groaning and attempting to ratchet my left leg out straight with the floor, Dr. Hubby rushes in to ask if I had fallen. Ok, you might count that as supportive, but I think it was concern for the tiled floor.
I have sweated to the oldies for seven days now. The only difference that I have noticed is that I have a few thousand more muscles than I remember having in my twenties and they are all telling me exactly where they are and to what major body part they are connected to. Also the beat to "Wipe Out" seems to be accentuated by the crunching of shoulder bone against shoulder bone. The knee bones get into the act about the middle of "He's a Rebel" which I have renamed "He's a Rebel and My Whole Body Knows It".
Since I refuse to wear a “granny”
bathing suite with a skirt, I will have to keep sweating to the old and
moldies.
Whale sightings are going to
be likely on this upcoming cruise. I
just don’t want to be one of them.
2 comments:
I'm rooting for you - keep up the great workout.
I used to have one of the Sweatin' DVDs. It is long gone.
Go, Go, Go!! You'll do it. Kids and husbands are never supportive. They know that if the cook is on a diet, so are they.
I'm envious.
Sunday night my soul was rocking with the Beatles. Unfortunately, my body was glued to the recliner with just a wiggle here or there.
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