2012 February | Evolved Mommy

Keeping fit at Blissdom (30/30/30: 25 & 26)

Posted in: Fitness, Fun, Social Media, Tech|Tags: 30/30/30, Blissdom, Blog Conferences, Fitness, goals, Pilates, Travel|February 24, 20121 Comment

This morning I kick-started my first full day at Blissdom with a bun-kicking Pilates Barre class led by guru Suzanne Bowen.

Suzanne is the creator of Barre Amped, which apparently does UH-MAZE-ING things for a booty.

Recovering mentally from a missed workout (30/30/30: 22, 23 & 24)

Posted in: Fitness|Tags: 30/30/30, Blissdom, Fitness, goals, Husband|February 23, 20121 Comment

I had a great plan for this week. It all started on Monday with an elliptical workout at the gym, an early morning date with a Tae Bo DVD Tuesday, a quick trip to Little Rock Tuesday afternoon, followed by a great Pilates class Wednesday, then on to the Blissdom blogging conference where I would do the 7 am fitness class Friday & Saturday.

It’s not that I screwed up in any big way. This post is about adjusting and moving forward.

A fitness plan for a crazy week of travel (30/30/30: 21)

Posted in: Fitness|Tags: 30/30/30, Fitness, goals|February 20, 20123 Comments

For the first time since I started this fitness challenge I’m facing a pretty hairy week as far as schedules go. Tomorrow morning I leave for Little Rock to attend an awards ceremony, then drive back home the next day. The day after that I fly out to Nashville for Blissdom, where I’ll be until Saturday.

As the end of the month approaches I can see the light at the end of this tunnel. Now is not the time to slack on all of this consistent exercise I’ve done. This is the closest I’ve come to completing any sort of fitness goal possibly ever. Without wavering I have worked out this month. A little travel here-and-there isn’t going to throw me off track now, but I need a plan.

Zumba. Fantastic. (30/30/30: 19 & 20)

Posted in: Fitness, Fun|Tags: 30/30/30, Fitness, goals, zumba|February 19, 20124 Comments

Oh! fun music. I can shake my booty.

Wait. What’s she doing there?

Oh God! I just tripped over my left foot.

Okay, back on track. Shakin’ my booty.

Wait. Why is everyone facing me?

Shit!

30 minutes and two hours (30/30/30: 18)

Posted in: Fitness, Fun|Tags: 30/30/30, Fitness, goals|February 18, 20122 Comments

My thirty minute workout took two hours today. I’m not entirely sure what happened, but I went to the gym at 11:00 am to do a quick thirty minutes on the elliptical and walked out at 1:00 pm. I feel kind of like when daylight savings time ends. What the heck? Side note: I need …

Sleepyhead-proofing my workout (30/30/30: 17)

Posted in: Fashion, Fitness, Fun, The Home|Tags: 30/30/30, elliptical, Fitness, goals|February 17, 20122 Comments

Getting up at the A$% crack of dawn isn’t easy. The jarring feeling of the alarm clock going off at 5:00 a.m. makes my skin crawl. We’re so into sleep around here, that our alarm clock is in an entirely different room so that someone has to get up out of bed to go turn it off. The idea is that since the alarm clock is so close to the coffee pot, once we are up we will stay up and have a cup of coffee or tea instead of hitting the snooze button and crawling back into bed for another 10 minutes of bliss.

Swimming in variety (30/30/30: 16)

Posted in: Family, Fashion, Fitness, Fun, Parenting|Tags: 30/30/30, fashion, Fitness, goals, swimming, trends|February 16, 2012No Comments

One important part of my 30/30/30 fitness goal has been to mix it up. And by “mix it up” I do not mean walk, elliptical, Pilates, repeat. This is what usually happens: I get stuck in the familiar cycle, get bored, give up and stay less-than-fit.

Yes, I have done my fair share of Pilates, elliptical workouts and walking this month, but I’ve also done some “running” (you know why it’s in quotes), a little yoga and today I swam.