Walkin' & Rollin'

How pathetic is this: I rolled my ankle while jogging in place in my living room. Can I get a round of applause for the most lame injury ever? Thank you, you're too kind. It's okay now, a bit sore, nothing to warrant a trip to the ER. I was able to jog some more in my living room this morning. I can't believe my life has come to this: Leslie Sansone's Walk at Home DVDs.

The cheesy music hit my ears and all I could think was "I can't believe I am doing this. This is everything I hate about exercise DVDs." Leslie started talking and it was like taking fitness instruction from Sarah Palin. I am sticking with it though. No matter how much I can't stand the perkiness and the sometimes bad camera work. Not because I need to drop a lot of weight because I need to be active. I need my pants to fit.

I've never been a jogger or gym person. Never did yoga or Pilates or watched what I ate. I walked almost everywhere I needed to go to stay healthy. I was getting a little bit of exercise back home. Since moving to Ohio the amount of physical activity I do has dropped to nothing. I have spent the last month sitting in front on my laptop waiting for the gossip blogs to update while drinking soda or going to the bar. Needless to say, my pants fit a bit snugger. Normally, I would just buy bigger pants but the nearest Nordie's Rack is an hour away. David hates shopping. I can't go by myself I have no car. Hell no, I am not buying my pants at Wal-Mart. Maybe I'll just walk up and down road out front of the apartment. But the road out front is basically a highway. I don't live in a state with year-round good weather. There is going to come a time when I can't walk outside. That's it, no more "buts", something has to be done. I bit my tongue, dug around online, and looked at some exercise programs on DVD.

I chose Leslie Sansone's program because it looked user-friendly, low-impact with the potential to become high-impact. It looked easy enough to do at home in a small space and didn't need accessories (weights,mats,balls,). A program consisting of walking/jogging in place, side-steps, knee lifts, etc. I can get down with that. I bought the DVD at Wal-Mart and ignored the stacks of pants. David showed me how to use the Xbox as a DVD player and we laughed about the disclaimer that states the makers of the program aren't liable for any injuries that may occur during use. David and I laughed, "What kind of moron injures themselves while jogging in place in their living room. Dude, the coffee table totally jumped out at me mid knee lift!" Then he went to work and left me to injure myself.