Last week was an off week for me. My husband and I travelled to Disneyland for some much needed R&R with my family. I brought my Stepping Out with Stanford Pedometer and wore it daily. We managed to get 17K steps on Tues and then 19K on Wed and Thursday! Not necessarly good cardio walking but it's hard not to run up the step numbers there. I'm really looking forward to getting back on track...

I really am enjoying Pilates. I'm amazed that the exercises can help to relax you and make you sweat as well. My problem is still being able to sit up and my legs cramp a little bit due to the extra walking and interval jogging I'm doing during my lunch hour. I encourage anyone interested in doing Pilates to do so. I would have probably benefited more if I was taking it a few days/week. We...

What a session! Our Instructor really worked us last night! I'm able to roll on my back without any discomfort and am handling the more intense exercises she's having us do. Bad thing....I left my cute little Stepping Out with Stanford Pedometer at her studio.

No THANKS to traffic on Sand Hill Rd, this would have been Week 4 but didn't make it to class last week...so here I am...posting a week later.Pilates was fantastic...I'm starting to know the exercises by name and conquered a mini challenge. I was able to sit up from lying back on my mat last night. I was astounded because I did it 3 times. I'm not sure how good my 'form' was...tummy sucked i...

Baby steps...been there, done that. I actually jogged this weekend...and not just a short city block at a time with 4 blocks of additional walking to 'recover' from it. This time I warmed up to it by marching my butt up Lake Chabot Rd. to Arcadian, and jogged back to Eden Hosp (for those who are familiar with my hometown). I was so happy and proud that I made it that far. If anyone were to ...

I'm not a Natural at Pilates. I can't sit up from lying on the floor...and I can't roll back and forth. My abs are needing a lot of work and am continually reminding myself to 'pull in my belly button' all day long...every day.Thankfully, I bought a new mat that's much thicker than the old yoga slip of paper (ok, slight exaggeration) I had for Week 1. That probably sounds odd, but it's bette...

1st session...learn Pilates breathing and I need a better mat. Mine is paper thin compared to what others had. I'm more sore from the slim mat and tight leg muscles from other exercising. What I really like so far is I don't have to be quite as coordinated as one would in say, STEP or some other Dance class.

I attended the SHALA Interpretation Workshop this afternoon for my lunch hour. Now I'm antsy because I really needed to be walking for that hour. Plus, the annual Spring Fever has hit!

I'm thrilled that I have signed up for a Pilates class. I've never tried Pilates; however, what I do know of it is something that I could benefit from. Like, strengthening my core? Yes, my core looks less like a core and more like a frumpy mess. I want to tone everything...I want to find my figure. And I know that Pilates can help with that.I've also started back up walking during my lunch...