Happy September and Happy Birthday DH

 Ten years ago we celebrated my husband's birthday at a buffet and a lobster shell got stuck between 2 of my teeth ruining the meal for me.

Those ten years flew by.

Even though I have worked out almost every morning, my energy and motivation seem to be dwindling.  It may be physical because of aging but I believe it is more psychological, often getting that feeling of dread that I just do not feel like moving.
So I ended my sub for ZDancerLiz because I felt obligated to do what I was paying for instead of all of the workouts I can do for free and lately seem to enjoy more. ZDancerLiz has become very repetitious in tunes and choreo and is charging more for less new content.  I have some fantastic soundtracks added to video files.  I can follow the instructor on the videos or tweak the moves.  This is the way I worked out for years without paying for streaming subscriptions.  With a ROKU and mobile WVC (Web Video Caster) app, I can access these files quickly and enjoy them on large tv screens, much better than playing dvds on my old tube tv in a dark airless basement.  A ROKU receiving a stream from the WVC app plays video files much smoother than my laptop.

So I am hoping September will renew my energy and motivation.

An option if I do not like the audio on a workout video:

I connect the video to play on the TV through ROKU and mute the tv and then use Spotify or files for music.

I decided to sub to the Marion Brand Walking platform after enjoying the music in some of her newer youtube routines.  Unfortunately, her Kajabi app does not connect to ROKU but the Web Video Caster app works well with her online site.  Price is going up after 9/15 and is now about $13 American per month which is cheaper than ZDancerLiz and has more music variety.  It includes ad free youtube videos as well as content not on youtube (VIP videos, extended videos and LIVE zoom recordings).  Sadly, choreography is lacking but I can tweak the moves to hold my attention.

The new soundtracks have renewed my motivation to keep moving to music!

Also I am looking forward to subbing to WOW (WalkingOnlineWorkouts) again because Val is adding new workouts regularly the past few weeks.

About the Emmys and series on the major TV channels:

I often got hooked to a new series that got cancelled and prefer to binge whole seasons for continuity at my convenience.  Verizon On Demand does not give its subscribers the many seasons it used to for all major channel series so I stopped watching most new shows on major channels.  Between deals and free trials, I watch more content on ROKU than Verizon offers its subscribers.  We keep our cable subscription because it does link to  content on streaming channels like MSNBC and DH prefers surfing the channels on cable.  Slowly but surely, he is starting to prefer ROKU to Verizon On Demand.

I have been watching the Sanctuary TV series on the ROKU Channel which ended abruptly after Season 2 but other free channels offer the third season like Pluto and Tubi.

There is an awesome deal for upgrading Peacock to Premium with ads so it is just $1.99 a month for 12 months or $20 for a year.

(Code word: September.)

If you are already upgraded, use a different email to sign up and in on peacock.com.

Also you can add Disney+ to a HULU account for just $2.99 a month.

(Hoping HULU still has a Black Friday deal for new accounts this November.)

Best Buy still enables 3 months free on AppleTV without a purchase.