If you were checking up on Jennifer’s blog and you were confused by
the title, have no fear-this is a guest blog entry!
My name is Karen Bridgman and I am a friend of Jennifer and as luck
would have it, neighbors too. About four
months ago I had a little chat with Jennifer at Publix that changed my life and
my husband’s life too! Yes, life-altering
conversations at a grocery store. I will
start by saying that I had considered
myself to be in pretty decent shape. I
faithfully walked on the treadmill for at least 30 minutes each day, but I had
noticed that I seemed to be putting on a few extra pounds that I wasn’t able to
shed. My husband had a desire to lose some weight too but no desire to get on
the treadmill. So, we began to have some
talks about what we could do. I am 37
and he is 39 so we figured if were going to get in shape it better be NOW. We talked about doing something like P90X but
we figured we couldn’t really do it. You’ve seen those infomercials before. Those people are ripped.
So, one day on Facebook I noticed Jeff Corvin had posted something
about Jennifer’s blog and I thought I would check it out. I had no idea I lived across the street from
a fitness guru. So literally, the next
day I saw Jennifer at Publix and we talked about P90X and I made up my mind to
do it. I called my husband and he said
sure so I bought it that afternoon and we started the very next day. I allowed us NO time to change our minds.
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| Happy and sweaty after my workout |
At first, when we started, I’m pretty sure we thought we might die
but it got better and a bit easier. The
program consists of three days of cardio or yoga and three days of
weights. Turns out we probably like the
weights the best. The program is great
because each person in the video is doing some variation of each move. If you need to modify, there is someone you
can watch. If you are a fitness machine,
there is someone to watch. If you don’t
want to use weights, you can use bands. I
feel like this is a great program to kick off a new fitness routine. Plus, Tony Horton is hilarious! But really the best part is the results…I
lost 10 pounds and 8 inches overall and my husband lost 20 pounds and 12 inches
overall. WOW!!! Even better, we have made a commitment
to working out.
A few months ago I never thought any of this was possible. I doubted my own ability to do a challenging
workout. I figured I would never lose
those extra pounds. Now I feel like I
can do anything! In fact, we started
Insanity the week after we finished P90X. Insane right??? My whole mindset has changed about working
out. I want to stay in shape. I want to
be more fit. I want to be healthier-
FOREVER!
And yes, all this happened following one conversation at the grocery
store. Funny how life works…
