Looking Your Best

Here's a tip if you're just starting to workout, and you want to see yourself in your absolute best form: only look in the mirror immediately after you get out of bed. For a magical five minutes, you look lean and firm. Especially if you worked out the day before, your muscles are a little stiff, which holds your fat together, and your stomach is as flat as it's going to be all day. Guilty confession: every morning, I jump out of bed, toss my shirt off, and check myself out in the bathroom mirror. I think of it as a preview as to what my body will look like (at noon!) after another week of working out.

After you've taken a moment to admire yourself, jump in the shower before everything starts to sag, and make sure the mirror is plenty steamy when you get out.

I'm nearing the end of Week 2 of my twelve-week Body For Life workout! Once again, on Thursday I wasn't able to get to the gym during the day, so I dragged my butt back to work after my class. 9:30 PM. It was hard, and I really didn't want to do it. I didn't push myself. I just got on the treadmill and did the requisite 21 minutes of running required by the program. This morning I felt great, however, and was happy that I made myself go.

That's it. I'm off. I have an upper body workout today, and a run tomorrow. I'm taking a three-day weekend to write. I might post on the writing to keep myself honest.

Happy Friday!