To get back my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable.

I just wanted to do a quick update to make up for my absence over the past few weeks.  Ever since I quite smoking (in January) I've been feeling the urge to start something of an exercise regiment.  However, I'm reluctant to get a gym membership, because if I have to travel to a destination to do it, I probably never will get around to it (I am lazy when it comes to driving anywhere).  It has also been a terrifyingly long winter, so exercising outside as a beginning was not of any interest to me, either.  But now, it is finally nice outside, so I made a few purchases.

I bought a hula hoop.  This is fun, but not really much of a workout, so I think I need to take it apart and put some sand inside.  I also bought a jump rope.  This is a pretty intense workout.  I have to alternate between jumping for a few minutes, and then hula hooping for a few, otherwise I get way too winded.  At least for now, until I increase my stamina.  These two items together were only around $10-11, so it was a pretty good deal.  I figure in the winter, I can use these in the laundry room when it's too cold to use them outside.

My favorite exercise purchase, though, is my new bike.  I got a hybrid Schwinn and it is so cute.  I'm working on getting the seat adjusted perfectly so it becomes a bit more comfortable.  I love it, I've taken it on a few rides, but nothing more than 30 minutes yet.  I can't wait until Tyler and I have time to bike together all day.

It's amazing how just a little bit of workout can help, though.  I only just made these purchases about a week ago, and I've exercised probably 3 of the days, but I can already tell a difference in tone.  Not much, but enough to encourage me to continue.

Anyways, I am currently in the throes of online house shopping and hanging with the pups, so I am going to get back to that.