Nice to meet you all. Thanks for the warm welcome and support. So I did make it to the gym yesterday. I was extremely tired after a long day of work, but knowing i had promised, I couldn't not go!



So to make it more palitable i decided i was not going to push myself too hard, but just do a little cardio for at least 30 minutes. So i got on the eliptical with a book (i know not the most "active" way to work out...) but put it on a high resistance level, got my heart rate up and managed to stay on that thing for 50 minutes (partly thanks to the good book)! I spent another 20 minutes cooling down and stretching.



Today, i have that "good sore" feeling in my legs. Counting on working out today too. Maybe I'll finish with a few minutes in the steam room at my gym. It's one of my favorite ways to pamper myself without going to the spa.



Thanks, again, sharing your stories.



Best,

Nicole

I love that i found this site!



My fitness dilemma is that I was a ballet and modern dancer from the age of 5 through college. I kept dancing when I entered the work force in NYC, but (sadly) not with the same intensity. Then, i discovered yoga, which has sort of taken the place of dance. In fact, I even completed a 200-hour teacher's certification recently, which was amazing. However, I'm still not at the point where I'm doing something physical/exercise-like every day, and I feel less than great about my body. And i feel like my motivation is inconsistent...



I'm 32 and about a year ago, I started working for a marketing consulting firm that has me working out of my home most days. A devoted worker who used to catch dance/yoga classes or workouts at the gym on my way home from the office, I now find myself never leaving my home office desk. I belong to a nice gym nearby and I know what I "have" to do, but finding the discipline and day-to-day motivation is hard all by myself. I'm joining this site with the hope that I will meet and be inspired by the daily success of other fit-minded people.



Occasionally, I find it easy to go in spurts or on a whim, but I don't have any kind of routine that makes me really excited or able to commit to doing something every day--that seems like such a foreign concept now!



Since I've made the effort to join this site and make an introduction, I'm going to commit to starting tomorrow (thursday) with a trip to the gym for a 30-minute cardio workout and/or a yoga class.



Here's to daily renewal of my commitment. thanks for your support!

N