The music makes the workout

I've posted a few times about my Jaybird earbuds.  Yes, I probably seem a little anal about it.  It is true though, I cannot workout, at least not effectively, at least not in my mind, if I don't have music!  And it has to be the right music!  Some will just not do.  Some works fabulously!  Example: yesterday morning, I dragged my tired but into the gym at 6 a.m.  I got up shortly after 5 after not going to bed until 1:00 a.m. (but it was worth it - Go Tigers!)...I started off very sluggishly on the elliptically, not wanting to be there.  Luckily, I have figured out why my ear buds hadn't been working for me (just tip:  I now make sure to connect them to my iPod Touch each time...not just fire up the touch and the ear buds and hope they meet in the middle).  Last week, a friend of mine sent some cds he made for me with nothing but Slipknot.  Yep...that definitely works for getting me fired up for cardio!  I was oh so thankful for it yesterday morning as it pulled me through my entire workout!

disregard the last post

The letter to Jaybird.  Seems that it is user error. Yep...that would be me...I am the error.  I think I have them figured out.  The trick, you see, is to be smarter than the earbuds...quite the challenge for me!

My letter to Jaybird this morning

Good morning!  I am writing to you in regards to the wireless bluetooth earbuds my husband bought me for our anniversary in August.  Since late spring, I have been on a mission to get in shape, lose weight, etc.  I am in the gym 5-6 days a week, and must have music to workout.  I had been having multiple issues with regular (wired) earbuds in that I could never get a good fit and catching the wire on EVERYTHING.  My husband bought a pair of jaybirds for himself, I loved them and he bought me a pair for our anniversary.  THis is a product I want to love...it is what I want, what I need.  I even bought a new ipod touch as my nano was not bluetooth equipped.  Well...this product I want to love is not working the way I believe it should.  The earbuds don't seem to hold a charge.  At all.  Unless I unplug them seconds before I workout, I can forget them working for me.  Yesterday, I charged them right before working out...45-50 minutes (lunch break) they were in use.  I went to use them this morning.  Dead.  I tried to use my husbands instead as they were charged but not used yesterday.  Dead.  What is going on here?  Please help.  I WANT to love these, but they need to work in order for me to do so!!

Me = Slacker

Already.  I just started this blog...and I have been slacking on posting.  I have several different subject ideas throughout the day...but ugh...so busy!  And a few nights last week that by the time I got little one to sleep, it was time to head to bed myself I was so exhausted!  So really, there is no point to this post other than to say that I am a slacker.  But hey...since I am here, how about some updates:

• Last week, I posted a product review on the jaybird blue tooth ear buds.  Well...I would still love them...if they worked.  I don't know what the deal is, but seems they are dead all the time.  Won't hold a charge apparently.  This morning, even, I charged them all night, unplugging just before going to the gym, get there...the damn things are dead.  Awesome.  I am planning to write the company but in the meantime, the hubster has given me his (because he has apparently found other earbuds he wants).  I will update once I have some sort of resolution (or even lack of) from the company.
• Yesterday, I bought (and wore) my first pair of skinny jeans that weren't maternity or made for fat chicks!  And...if I do say so myself, they looked awesome!  (Got them from the Gap, Always Skinny).  And because I bought new jeans, I went to therapy (DSW) for new shoes.
• I've tried a few different workouts now on Workout Trainer and, for the most part, I am still really liking this app and have poked around a bit on the website since my review last week. I did do one today, however, that I just don't think I was ready for.  It was the P90X Ab Ripper.  The workout was labeled as intense, which should have been my first clue...but it just proved I have absolutely no core strength.  I need to figure this out...how to strengthen my core.  
• I took the little Peanut to Sylvania Playland yesterday for a play date...not bad.  I mean, she couldn't fully enjoy the place as she is only 15 months...but plenty of activities there for the wee ones.  
• The rest of the weekend, however, she was in full on meltdown mode.  I am kinda feeling it is my fault since I have been so busy...today she was apparently really bad for the hubster...I had to work half a day, and she apparently had a meltdown wherever her daddy took her.  And she also had a huge one for her grandmother yesterday right before the hubster and I went out.  So heartbreaking, I nearly decided to scrap plans and stay home...but really, what good would that have done?

And that's it.  That is my Sunday night update.

product review - Jaybird Bluetooth Earbuds

Jaybird website

Love love LOVE these!  I have always had a problem with catching the wire for my earbuds on EVERYTHING!  Annoying as hell when you're trying to get a decent workout in!  And then, secondary to the catching on everything problem, I have always had a problem with the fit of earbuds.  Just didn't work well for me.  My husband bought a pair for himself a couple of months ago and I tried his on for size...from that moment on, I wanted them.  I went to Best Buy and bought a new nano in anticipation of eventually buying these for myself.  Instead of that happening, my husband surprised me with my own pair for our anniversary!  Only problem?  couldn't find a BT adaptor for my new nano.  Ended up returning the nano and getting an iPod Touch.

The earbuds have worked awesome.  No cord to catch on things, no problem with fit.  And actually, I do not need to have my iPod on my body...I have left it on a machine and walked away to get something to wipe it down and never lost the music.  The only downfall?  After about 4 days max, I need to charge.  I have forgotten a few times and have been left music-free for my workout.  Not good.