JILLIAN

i'd like you to meet jillian

she has taken up a permanent place in my home.

a matter of fact a very visual spot in the house, one where i need to acknowledge her every time i look up from my knitting or sewing.

i did this because as i age i want to do less and less moving.

i know i have earned it { the resting } i mean.

 i have raised 3 wonderful children, spent over 30+ years working as an RN in the hospital.

cleaned bathrooms, made meals, made beds for over a half century.

isn't it time to rest?

since all the activities i enjoy involve sitting

not to mention i enjoy eating and i really like GOOD beer !

these things that i love to do help little with the joints that are getting stiff or how the body seems to give into that gravity pull thing.

now do not miss understand i have NO desire to look like i'm twenty, thirty or even forty.

i'm on the down side of fifty and have earned every winkle, added chin, and ache and pain.

i bought jillian so i could enjoy my later years.

keep the joints lubricated and the hips informed to do the job they are meant too,

MOVE.

i have never enjoyed excising, when i would run 4-5  times a week  never EVER got that adrenaline rush.

it was always a chore! the thing i did like about running it kept me in a size 10 and at 5'10"

i was happy with that ;o)

so since i am basically a lazy exerciser i bought jillian to walk on an hour a day.

not up to an hour yet

{ i get bored easily }

but we are getting along and use to each other. 

what are you doing to keep from " going under" too soon?

i would love to hear your thoughts on exercising after a half century of breathing.

gotta go walk with jillian now ;o)