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The Dailey Method—Fitness Challenge for September

September 6, 2012 by Laura Lohr 2 Comments

This month, I am getting back into shape. I have become so out of shape over the past several months. I need to get back to eating clean. I feel better, I have more energy, and I am more motivated to exercise. Alas, I have not done any of that in a while. Between vacation and other craziness, it has been difficult to get back to a healthy way of life. That is why I was completely excited to start at The Dailey Method. The Dailey Method is an one-hour full body workout combines ballet barre work, core conditioning, stretching, and orthopedic exercises. Let me tell you, while it is not a high impact workout at all, I have got my butt kicked.

Over the past two years, I have struggled with getting back to my fitness level because I cannot perform the same way I could before. I have gained weight. I have lost fitness. I have been injured. This workout is giving me the strengthening, toning, and stretching I need. This program is like nothing I have ever done. Everyone works at their own level. The instructor was very helpful in making sure my form was right. I had not realized how tight my hamstrings, back, hips, legs, and practically every other part of my body has become.

This is only the first week of taking classes, but I am committed to 20 exercise classes in the month of September. That is roughly 5 classes a week. I am taking classes with a few of my blogging friends and the accountability is really helping me out. Tonight, I was so motivated and felt so good, I cannot wait to go back tomorrow!

It you are local and would like to join me this month in this challenge (PLEASE join me! I need some major accountability), there is a New Client Special – $8 For One Week (Local residents only. Available at the studio.)

Tomorrow’s plan:

Take an early class
Eat Clean
Stop making excuses and do it
Spend 30 minutes on the treadmill
Attempt to clean this crazy, dirty house. Le sigh.

I am going to get fit again because I am happier when I am. I am healthier. I miss running—a lot.

Disclaimer: I am reviewing The Dailey Method in the month of September. In exchange for my time and efforts in attending classes and reporting my opinion within this blog, The Dailey Method has provided me with one complimentary month to try their classes and services. Even though I receive these benefits, I always give an opinion that is 100% mine.

Filed Under: Community, Health, Reviews, Running/Marathon, Weight Loss, Yoga Tagged With: Ballet Barre, Exercise, Getting Fit, Health, running, The Dailey Method, Weight Loss, Wellness, Yoga

How I Cancelled the Gym Membership and Lost Weight

July 26, 2012 by Laura Lohr 4 Comments

We have less than a week before we head to New York for BlogHer and to Boston for fun. There are many things to be done: laundry, bills, organizing, shopping, and fifty other things that I cannot even think about. Finally, after months and months of planning (The planning actually started when the last conference ended, in all reality!), we are headed to the East Coast. I cannot wait to meet with friends, talk about blogging, take in a Broadway show, and vacation with Mr. Bear and Allie. I cannot believe it has been a whole year since BlogHer!

One of the biggest things I wanted to do before heading to BlogHer, was to lose a lot of weight. Well, that did not happen. I did not lose a lot of weight, but I did lose some.

It has been sort of a dream of mine for a long time to have our very treadmill. Going to the gym has not been very realistic, as every time I put Allie in Kids Club, she comes home with some sort of plague. The room has no ventilation and the bathroom is completely disgusting. It smells so bad in there that I have gagged each time I have gone. Evidently, they do not empty the Diaper Genie often enough because it is not doing its job. There is no change in cleanliness from visit to visit. Mr. Bear finally put his foot down and said he does not want Allie there anymore. Finding time to run outside, without a kid in tow has proved to be more and more difficult over time. The problem with owning a treadmill? Where to put the damn thing?

We found a great deal on a gently used treadmill on Craigslist and finally I have my very own! It has made it difficult to say, “I don’t have time.” “I can’t.” “What should I do about Allie?” Now, no excuses. That is where I have been for the past three weeks and I am proud to say I am sticking to this—sort of. I think one of the reasons it is so easy to find a great treadmill for a great price is that they become clothes racks. I have been determined not to let this one become a clothes rack here. It has not been as easy as I thought it would be, however. There are many excuses to let it sit, unused.

After some success, this past three weeks, we finally dumped the gym that we have paid monthly on since 2004. I shudder to calculate the cost of that. That is 8 years! I could have bought a new treadmill a year for that! We no longer have the pool to swim in, which is likely for the best. The pool was not much better than the condition of the Kids Club facility. Ick.

I set up a “TV shelf” in front of the treadmill for my laptop. My strategy for the treadmill has been to catch up or start all the TV series I have always wanted to watch, but never had time. I am ashamed to admit that I have been watching, “The Hills” after getting hooked on #RetroMTV in the mornings after dropping Allie off at daycamp. I am currently watching, “Drop Dead Diva” and I think it is an adorable show. I am loving Netflix right now and so is my shrinking waistline!

I am nursing a bum knee from the marathon training earlier this year. I am alternating running or jogging and walking. I am completely out of shape and feeling it on every workout. My weight is down and I have lost the same 9.5 pounds I have gained and lost since January. That is something, right?

Filed Under: BlogHer, BlogHer 2012 New York, Health, Running/Marathon, Weight Loss Tagged With: blogher, blogher12, Drop Dead Diva, Marathon Training, Netflix, RetroMTV, running, The Hills, Weight Loss

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