I started getting serious about eating healthy and exercising last year, and for the most part, it has worked out well for me. I run occasionally, do some Jillian workout videos. (She’s about 35, stands 5 ft. 2.5 inches tall and weighs 117… I’m 50 now, 5’3” and weigh… not 117.) I do some light lifting of weights, go to yoga and other classes at the city’s rec center, but it’s just easier for me to step out the door and walk or jog. I’m not skinny, but I’m healthy and that’s the point.
I don’t ENJOY running; the panting, side stitches and chest pain it brings is not fun, so I thought adding music to my regimen would be beneficial, since I like to sing and dance to it. I decided to update my iPod and go with it, just to keep me on track for a longer period of time. So off I go last night, into the cool crisp air, about to run and become strong… My newly updated iPod was blaring in both ears, which were covered with gray ear mitts. I’m inspired to do this! Right off the bat, I hear George Thorogood, singing “BBBBAD to the Bone” yeah, that’s right!! I’m bad! I’m going out!
So I’m running along, being bad to the bone, feeling pretty good after the initial pain of running had subsided, and here we go with Joan Jett... And I DO love rock and roll, ‘cause I’m bad to the bone!! Oh yeah, I’m rolling!!
I’m jogging a little, singing, “He was with me, Yea, me, singing ... I love rock and roll, so put another dime in the juke box baby!” I love ... pant pant yea. Me… singin... pant pant pant I . love . rock. wheeze.. and. wheeze.. roll…… so put another… pant pant ... dime . in. the..juke..box… stop… walk walk…..fall onto neighbor’s lawn in front of the lighted Charlie Brown Christmas tree…
While I was resting, JLo popped in and started singing to me… “ It’s a New Genera-tion… of Party People.” Right, party people.. Now ain’t that just the truth? I rolled off the lawn and got to my feet and started again… and then Destiny started telling me that I am Bootylicious; that was all I needed for my second wind.
I’m going into my second mile now, and I’m feeling strong, and doing ok…Michael Jackson is telling me that I CAN beat it…
Just Beat It, Beat It, Beat It, Beat It No One Wants To Be Defeated
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fight
Showin' How Funky Strong Is Your Fight
I want to be funky strong, so I keep going…. I am so inspired by now and singing it loud and strong,(when I am just walking) and feeling proud! I’m going to “Whip It, and whip it good”.
As I passed a group of “I know everything and am the coolest thing on the planet” 13 year olds, I was singing out loud with Bob Seger “Still like that old time rock and roll…that kind of music just soothes the soul, I reminisce about the days of old, with that old time rock and roll”. They looked mortified. So mortified, in fact, they all stopped texting each other, and started to dial 911. I shouted out over my shoulder, as I sped passed them at 3.4 miles per hour, “you wouldn’t understand!”
Declare with me, all you 50 year old friends of mine!! “I will keep running/walking, I will sing loud to songs I love and I will stay healthy! And to you, all you 13 year olds that think I am crazy, you will understand why, because when we” Rock and Roll all night, and Party Every Day,” we will have enough stamina to last past 9 PM!!
Disclaimer: Jennifer Lopez and Destiny were already loaded... my "iPod" is really the preloaded music on a free thumb drive thingy I got at Bath and Body Works a few years ago, for spending more than 25 dollars…so, C’mon, really?? You believed I loaded jlo and Destiny?? That's awesome because that proves how I can pull off being young!! I did add the good ole', classic rock, all my myself. ;)
