Right now, I"m aiming for about four times a week. I haven't done it yet today, after having taken the entire weekend off. But I ate a huge dinner earlier, and I'm just feeling too stuffed. Even if my stomach doesn't calm down, I can just change my days from M-T, T-F to T-W, F-S. I just hate trying to fit it in on Wednesdays, since I've got a Bible study in the morning, kids in the afternoon, and church in the evening. I know I can put my 4 yo in front of the computer while my 2yo is napping, but I feel like such a self-centered mom when I do that. Or, I can do the thing I did and almost killed myself with once, two hours in one day (AM Callanetics followed by 10 in 10 while the kids are at preschool, then PM Callanetics before bed).
I must be older than you. I can remember when MTV first came out, back when they played music. It was the early 80's, I was in middle school, and, though I didn't catch the station's debut, I know all the words to Video Killed the Radio Star. Sad, I know. I used it to feed my insatiable hunger for the men (yes, men) I would marry, all but a solitary member of Duran Duran. Hey, I knew Andy Taylor might be disappointed that he didn't get to be married to us, lol, but a girl's got to have her standards, right? I just couldn't deal with the thought of that hair of his. I guess Simon, John, Nick and Roger are probably heartbroken that I'm married now. Although, I assume they're married by now, too, and maybe the new wives help ease the hearbreak...
You really shouldn't have brought up 80's MTV. Too many memories there for me. The sadness I felt when I realized that no member of Tears for Fears was good looking (or girly) enough to be part of the harem. (Let's face it. Any harem composed of members of Duran Duran was pretty girly-manish.) The weird sense of confidence I had from realizing that the clothes my mom picked out for me were more fashionable than anything Cyndi Lauper wore. Cheering on Hulk Hogan as he fought to save Cyndi's honor, the feeling that I was helping fight famine when I watched the "We Are the World" or "Do They Know It's Christmas?" videos...
Oh my, I really did waste my adolesence, didn't I? Oh well, so did all my friends.
We were a pathetic group of 7th and 8th graders, but there were quite a few of us. Sadly enough.
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Completely unrelated, but more along the lines of what I've been talking about with my arms and Callanetics not doing it for them. Have you ever heard of T-tapp? I'm thinking of trying to check it out, seeing if there's a free torrent out there somewhere. Maybe that'll fill in the gap for me? My making up my own exercises doesn't feel really effective, and I hate to waste my time!