Bally Who?!?

Back in the day, I used to go to a fitness club to work out. For the most part, I belonged to Bally Total Fitness. There was a time when I had an X-Sport membership, but I didn’t renew it and went back to Bally afterward. X-Sport was beautiful and convenient, but expensive! And there was a creepy exercise bike guy there. :P Anyway, I enjoyed working out and went all the time. Then I got pregnant with my younger son and stopped going to the gym after a while, to the point where we ended up cancelling our membership because my husband had no time to go at all either. I then started walking around our neighborhood in NJ. There were sidewalks and I had a walkman for a while (yes, I am that old school). That helped keep me fit during my pregnancy. I even walked outside in the freezing cold. Eventually, I put on Denise Austin’s pregnancy workout video and moved along to cheesy 80’s songs. After my younger son was born and when I went back to my work-at-home job, I pretty much gave up on any exercise. I’d take him on occasional walks when it was nice out, but nothing like before. This past summer, my older son had some time off from school before we moved. I’d take him out for a bike ride (for him) and walk (for me) every day if it wasn’t swelteringly hot out. Then we moved and there was another family (in our new neighborhood) having a moving sale around that same time. She sold us a barely used treadmill in perfect condition, along with 2 lamps, for a really good price. Impossible to refuse! Once we got the new treadmill, I started working out again. I built up slowly to a good workout. Then I started my job and fell behind on working out. I’m just now starting to get back on the treadmill again. It feels nice to fit a workout into my routine. And I feel less guilty about the chocolate and other snacks I eat at work. :) The other two awesome things about working out at home are that I can listen to my music without needing headphones and I can wear whatever I want without anyone else caring. Another perk is that I don’t have to shower in a gross locker room where women are randomly sitting around in the buff.