As the title asks, Why start a fitness journey now? Well, why not now? It’s something positive to do other than binge-watching shows. For the record, I have no problem with that at all. But what do you do when your butt gets numb?
I’ve put on a few pounds during 2019, it was a rough year and I’d like to take the extra weight off. With Social Distancing there really isn’t anywhere to go so if we wanted to take a nap after working out we can!
So what might a fitness journey look like? For myself, less snacking is a good start. How I plan to implement that is by using my WW app food tracker. If I don’t want to record or read it in the app, I shouldn’t eat it.
Now on to the sticky wicket EXCERCISE!!! anything high impact is out of the question as I have hip issues. My ortho tells me I’m a walker and after much serious negotiation on my part…I am a walker.
So with that in mind here is what I’m thinking for cardio I will continue to use my Walk Away The Pounds DVDs. If you don’t have them no worries videos are available on YouTube. A twenty-minute workout is in my previous post.
For stretching and balance Yoga and Pilates. I like the calm and the stretch of yoga and I like the length and the tone I feel with Pilates Now for the part that hurts me the most Strength Training it just hurts so bad, I have arthritis and get super sore.
My Ortho told me “You can’t do enough leg lifts!!” and he meant that. So started my love-hate relationship with the Tracy Anderson Method, the workout has a lot of leg lifts. It hurts to walk afterward but after a few days, my hips feel great. So for my fitness journey, I will attempt to embody the grace and charm of my Tracy Anderson role model and Woman Crush Everyday Tracee Ellis Ross and see where it takes me. I picked up a new tube of Aspercream just in case and will the beginners’ workout available here. No matter what you do to keep active and I hope you decide to continue or begin to be active choose something easy and fun, you will be more likely to stick with it. Let me know what you like to do to keep active the Tracy Anderson Dvd is linked below if you’re interested.
