Ode To The Gym

Since we moved down here, I have been a little sad about not getting to work out much. Sure, I can try to do videos and floor excersie at the house, but have you ever tired to excersie with two little kids watching you and climbing on you? Yea, it is kinda hard. And nap time is the best time for me to get work done, since I can finally work uniterrupted.

Also, unlike our little neighborhood back home, there isn't a place to take the kids jogging in the stroller here. At home, I could just step out the door and go jog down our street, but here, I really can't since our apt. place is on the corner of two major roads and both don't have sidewalks.

So, Bill and I were excited to discover the local Omni Fitness gym! They open crazy early and close crazy late, so Bill can fit in a work out either before or after work AND they have daycare for the kids! OH MY GOODNESS. Getting a 2 hour break from the kids during the day is just MARVELOUS and so motivating to go work out! The kid area is great with all kinds of climbing equipment and play houses AND the age groups are separated, which makes me super happy. Little Dude actually didn't want to leave yesterday because he had been playing with a little friend.

Yesterday, I did yoga and ran for a bit. I feel so good today and am so excited for it again tomorrow. And the best part? The yoga/pilates instructor is one of the girls from one of my mom's clubs! That made it super fun.

That, and the fact that for almost 2 hours I didn't have anyone climbing on me, pooping on me,spitting on me, pulling on me, or following me around asking "why?". Oh sweet gym, how I love thee.

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My friend, Audrey, from Mom Generations has started an online motivation group for any of us wanting to lose some weight or get toned! Super!

Starting Monday, the 28th, we are all going to get some help from fellow bloggers on Twitter, and some super help from some personal trainers that have volunteered to give their input and exercise advice. Way Awesome for people like me who are "exercise challenged". I just never know what exercises to do to get max. results to my problem areas. (Right now, mostly my belly and triceps.)

So, for the next 12 weeks, every Monday we will "tweigh in". Everyone will email their weights, or just how much weight you lost that week, your choice, to: tweightloss [at] gmail [dot] com.

I'm 141 now, so I would love to get back to 125, but that may be too much too fast for only 12 weeks...but at any rate, Skinny Jeans, here I come!