After my last Workout Wednesday post, I am happy to say I am still moving forward!

Although I have not lost any more weight {boo} I also have not been trying super hard, I am almost ready to though {yay}.  By almost I mean, I have to completely recuperate from my injuries before I push too hard, but I am preparing myself. Going forward with any new regime takes a bit of mental preparation for me. I need to see myself doing this new workout or training and how it fits into our schedule before I can tackle it head on.

I haven’t stopped exercising completely, but couldn’t start my running training with a bummed leg, when I could barely walk. Instead I have been doing a lot of stretching.  It is entirely possible that some of my injuries came about because I am not limber enough and not just because I turned 40 last year.  As I watch Apple scratch her ear with her toe or do the splits without trying I realize that part of my problem with aging is the fact that I don’t keep limber.

Although I prefer traditional stretches, I also forgot how much I enjoy a bit of yoga.  So this week, with my leg feeling a bit better, I am going to try to add back in a bit of yoga to my life. I am not one to enjoy the bell clanging and traditional yoga music, but I do like when the movements flow from one to another and the way my muscles feel all stretched out after.

Another good thing about yoga is that Apple can actually do it with me without risking injury from a barbell or my leg (kick boxing) so it should be much easier to incorporate back into our day.  And well, if it doesn’t work out, I am thinking of getting up a half hour earlier in the mornings to do my run, so perhaps I will alternate, one day running another yoga. Will see how that works in the next couple of weeks.

For years I used Rodney Yee’s Yoga videos but am wondering if there is something newer I should be trying, I know he helped keep me in shape before I had J and before I had Apple but perhaps there is something else to try? If you do yoga let me know what your favorite video is, so I can try it out and see if it is a good fit for me.