(mum writes)
The best part of the boring day, was to see The Lump (not being rude, but she just sits like a lump during her shows) Jilly, cajoled into trying out the machine. She was sitting on what looked like a picnic coolbox, wearing a QVC sweatshirt. She got on, clinging to it for dear life and discovered she could barely move the machine. She did four little attempts and then got off. Apart from the fact that I found this amusing, despite how good the machines might be, how many do the same and then never use it again?
In my younger years, I used to have this giant elastic strip to exercise with and it was great and took up no space at all when it wasn't being used. I used to aerobics, dance, tai chi, swimming, squash - everything. And for what? To end up with bones riddled with osteoporosis, arthritis and almost constant pain. On the other side of the coin, my brother in law could do a good impression of Henry VIII at the latter stages of life. He eats like a horse, never moves a muscle, has great skin and all his hair and had his 77th birthday last week. Food for thought. Don't keep stressing about how much you weigh or how you look. Just enjoy life while you can. As the song says, it's later than you think.