Ciao tutti!
I just recently found this board and can't express how happy I am about it as it seems in real life there's nobody around me that a) works out at home to DVDs and b) understands the (slight?) addiction a true vidiot can have/has!
I'm German, 34 year and old SAHM [stay-at-home-mom] of 2 kids, 8 and almost 5, + 1 cat and have used home workouts pretty much since my first pregnancy. I have had times where I went to the gym (to lift heavy weights and run on the TM), but overall I love having the option in my own home; at a time I chose and what kind of workout vs. gym classes. It's certainly kept me consistent in my daily workout regime and I believe it's also good for my kids to
see me working out! -Though I prefer having this 'me time' alone, i.e. when the kids are in school! But sometimes with holidays, weekend etc. it happens that they're there!
I've tried quite a few workouts (Firm, Tae Bo, Jari Love to name a few) but ended up really loving Leslie Sansone 'Walk at home' (though I'm not overweight and don't need to lose any weight) -much to my own surprise! LOL-, yoga (mainly Yoga Zone and the DVDs from Yoga journal), Turbo Jam and for weights I just now found Kelly Coffey-Meyer (I haven't done weights [other than the 3# that Leslie uses in her walks sometimes] in a while after a car accident left me injured and quite hindered for heavier workouts..). I have yet to receive my first DVDs from her but I'm already wanting pretty much all of hers!
I'm married to a US Navy man for close to 10 years now and we're currently stationed in Sicily, Italy. (Thankfully we have a FPO address, so the shipping costs are the same as within the US! It only takes a bit longer to get here sometimes..) We've been here now for 2 yrs and will stay for another 2 yrs. before we get back to the US and settle down somewhere in the PA area.