Good morning fit pals!!! I feel so fortunate to have come to meet each of you dedicated friends and it is a joy to come and read everyone's thoughts about their experiences to becoming better, more fit, and more disciplined in this journey. I feel it is a long-overdue gift that I am giving to myself, to finally give my body the attention that it deserves. Good on me, and good on all of you too!


Well, my GNO last night wasn't a total diet-breaker. The restaurant served very sensible, but delectable, portions and I didn't booze at all...was too busy catching up with a friend. BUT (isn't there always a "but"), I got in late and so DH and I stayed up late (no later than usual, but...) and the whole family overslept this morning! haha! Oh well. My son was late to school and my whole day got shifted. Now, I've only gotten one portion of my planned workout done--but it was A GOOD ONE!! Fitness Blender Total Body Barre Workout – 39 Minute Barre Workout Video. He gives really great instructions for tensing all the muscles throughout and you can really feel it. By the second round, I was at about 50% for some of the exercises. And, as for the reverse fly pulses and the flutter kicks--utter failure. Also, I find one-legged squats difficult to do in proper form (knee not extending over toe), but maybe it's just the condition my knees are in this week. Anyway, off to try to get a walk in at the park and hope to get some more smaller workouts done this evening.

Have a good one all! Readya later!

Hello again! Did my walk today, followed by my usual blissful cooldown stretching and a slow walk. I'm chiming in also on the side of "lazy" and "struggling with the get up and go" factor!! I couldn't motivate to do a couple of short little additional workouts tonight. My husband is super groggy today too. Strange, must be something cosmic going on. Anyway, I hope it passes, because I really love feeling fit and energetic, not slouchy and lazy. :grumble:

During my slow walk, I was thinking how my body has really come a long way and looks pretty darn good in my workout clothes (running pants or yoga pants and running shirts, etc). BUT (didn't I say there's always a "but"?), I think my progress is slowing...especially that my strength and stamina improvements are stalling. I think a whole month is a little too long to go "a la carte" and I need to start thinking about getting into a program again soon, just to keep myself in check. Pity though, because I feel like there are still so many workouts I want to try. I'm going to start thinking about what I will put together for April--possibly NMTZ 2x/wk & BFBM 2x/wk & "ladies choice" 1x/wk (so I can still try new things), but I'm not totally sure yet, just thinking about it. Also considering Pilates, which is surprisingly effective, for being so seemingly simple. Not sure if I'm gonna give c25k (or just my own running training) a go yet. Possibly.

Well, gonna go be even more lazy for the rest of the night. Having a 4 day weekend here with school out Fri & Mon, so I should probably embrace the laziness tonight, to rest up for a long, rowdy weekend with the kiddos.

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