We are still right in the middle of the hardest part of Body Back, going into Week 6. Last week, I vowed to find motivation and push harder. I did: I fit in all of my scheduled at-home workouts and stayed with the meal plan, even though I didnโt have a lot of time for …
Finding Motivation (Again)
Week 5 is when Body Back starts to get hard.ย The initial excitement is fading; the energy you had for prepping and planning and fitting in extra workouts is waning; maybe (like me) your willpower isnโt quite as strong as it was when you started out. Maybe (like me) youโve gone off-plan a few times …
Searching for Stillness
This week, Iโve just been running. Not heart-healthy, cardio exercise kind of running, but nonstop, never-sit-down busy-ness. Running to daycare, to the office, to appointments or errands on lunch, back to work, back to daycare, back home. Rushing to get dinner on the table. Rushing through bathtime, rushing through bedtime โ even through those precious …
The ‘Holiday Hangover’ – No Alcohol Necessary
Itโs Easter Monday and I have what can only be described as a holiday hangover. But not from alcohol โ I only had one peach Bellini yesterday, tossed back in between flipping Easter egg-shaped pancakes and stirring pesto gnocchi. Hardly hangover-inducing. No, I have a hangover that only results from the pursuit of too much …