Happy Mother's Day to all our moms and moms-to-be! Both of my darlings are living waaaay far away at college, so I don't have to worry about meals out or cakes or (shudder) chocolate ...
I spent yesterday at an all-day stretch workshop. OMG, I learned so much! Flexibility is such an important part of fitness to prevent injury and optimally use our muscles - plus stretching just plain feels wonderful! The class was all about partner-assisted stretching - what I as a trainer would do with clients. We practiced on each other and since there were only three students, there was tons of hands-on time. My only regret is that I didn't get ALL of me stretched - since we were just practicing on each other, we'd only do one side and move on. But my other side was saying 'stretch me, stretch me tooooo ... '
Now I need to find some guinea pigs to practice on. BTW, the instructor kindly pointed out to me that I have the same forward-jutting head and rounded shoulders that almost everyone else seems to have (due to tight chest and upper back muscles). I learned some amazing chest stetches that you can't do on your own, so maybe I can teach someone how to stretch me? Do I need a trainer???
Life is finally settling back to normal now that I've finished the test. Which means I need to focus on taking off the five pounds that I put on since I started working. Anne, you weren't kidding when you said it's scary how fast the old stress eating habit comes back ...
All our discussions about Thin For Life have seemed particularly appropriate for me this week and you posted your accountability thread at precisely the right time!
Does anyone have to deal with special Mother's Day dinners? Or - horrors! - is anyone cooking for their mother?
And how are our poor sickies doing today?
Only one client at the gym - it's funny how the week always starts off with tons of clients, but no one seems to want to work out on Friday 
I'm planning on some kind of workout myself later on this afternoon ... I'll wait and see who's around and what they want to work out and go with the flow. 
, so I'm back on the wagon !!
Good grief you're up early even on the morning of Mother's Day!! Ah the dedication, you have it lemme tell ya! 
at the gym tomorrow!! WOOHOO I'M BAAAACK!! 
