bumpity bump for later, I am off to work today!!

Bumping...getting back to my routine.....have a good day..



Hopefully. Everyone's day goes according to plan.:-)

CTpeace- I hope the starting of a week is good for you and that you are able to squeeze in your planned workouts.

This morning I decided to try to workout at lunch, I was successful! I complete W1D1 of C25k. Tonight when I get home I will complete L1D2 30DS. I hope everyone is able to have a great workout or rest day.

Thanks to both Tee and Pam for the encouragement! I'm ashamed to say I stay at hotels with nice gyms, it's just the time crunch! Unfortunately "work travel" for me usually means 12-15 hour days that leave me pretty drained mentally. I likely would have been fine if it hadn't been for the cold that took me down mid-week. I think I need a better game plan on my next trip so I can be sure to get enough sleep and working out in. I'm trying to take all of this in as a learning process rather than getting upset with myself for having fallen off the wagon, this helps me get back on track sooner.

Hey everyone,

I hope that all of you had a great weekend.

I had been lucky that I did not have to go to work today. I had a five day work week last week not too bad once in a while but all of the time...

I had been reviewing some material for a Monday night college class... A little boring as far as I'm concerned.

I had also been viewing some basic Zumba steps videos... The reason is that I am going to taking the Zumba Basic 1 Instructor Certification Course on Thursday May 2... I know the basics already but I wanted to make sure that my basic dance form would be easy for other people to follow... I have to admit lately I have done more of what is called Hip-Hop Fitness. Hip-Hop Fitness is similar to Zumba but the class that I regularly go to is more advanced... In addition, many of the Hip-Hop Fitness moves have a sort of raw quality to them as far I am concerned. In contrast, Zumba moves in my experience tend to be smoother and more refined... Furthermore, most of the Zumba music is Latin which has a very different type of beat than hip-hop music...

However, I love both forms of cardio dance equally... I also love generic cardio dance as well which is sort of in between the differences in style between Zumba and Hip-Hop Fitness...

Did my SL5x5 this morning as planned. It's getting easier to convince myself to do it. As the temperature outside is rising, I'm getting more of a sweat out of it. My weight bench is in the garage, so I open the garage door to get some ventilation and then go to work! I also feel like I'm doing more now that my weights are getting higher and I'm really having to work for the last couple reps.

Great job to everyone - even if it's just for getting back on the ball! I was there recently, and you just have to jump back in.

Pam: That is great that you’ve increased your reps and talked yourself into pushing out the exercises you think twice about. That’s a sign of dedication and commitment. Way to go!
Thank you, I like the way I felt before when I made working out part of my daily (normal routine) , I am starting to get my mojo back. In the Navy there is an instruction that says we are supposed to workout 3 times a week during work hours, not all the times commands can get it in, they normally try to put it at the beginning or end of the day. But the office I work in, gives us a 2 hour lunch to workout, and if we go late, then we just adjust our lunch accordingly.

CT: It must be hard to travel and have long days, I’m pretty sure when you get in your room you just wanna lay down. I’m sure you’ll rock your workouts when you have the opportunity to do so.

Sam: I hope you were able to get your workout in and able to modify movements as necessary to ensure that you do not hurt your wrist anymore. Sometimes, it is so hard to resist the urge to workout despite our injuries.

JJscholar- I would love to attend a Hip-Hop fitness class in Groton, when I was at a Zumba class on Saturday, I realized how much I liked the hip hop song more than the Latin ones. I don’t think I have the hip movement for Zumba. Good luck with your certification course.

Fromheronout: What is Fitness Bender?

I successfully completed 30DS this evening, day 2 down 28 more to go!

Have a great evening everyone!

^^Notice "taxes" are not listed. Nike says don't run from your taxes! lol
(in honor of "Tax Day")

Yes it does mention taxes... please see

"run from bills"
"run from your fears"
"run from your worries"
"run from commitments"
"run from your needs"

I think ALL of those count for Tax Day

Busy weekend:

Yesterday I did a brief (5 minute) run and walked around our land with my husband. We also went to a "rattlesnake festival" (basically a fair) and walked around.

Today I did a 60 minute yoga class.

Feeling much better, so tomorrow I will be back to my running!

OK I completed P90X Cardio X 48min... I felt pretty good...had a coughing attack, but I got done except the Dyrea Roll..I only squeeked out 5 of those bad boys. Not the less done



OK these are some long post you all have been leaving..I will take the rest of the evening to read them...lol keep'em coming....way to go everybody :-)