On The Road Again

Well, not the road. Technically, back on the treadmill.

My doc has given me the "all clear" (his words: "You have no restrictions"), so there seems to be no reason to avoid exercise. As a result, and because I am absolutely determined to get my old body back, I've been gearing up to start running again.

However, I am still babying my body a bit (I still feel some belly twinges on occasion), and it's been quite a while since I've really been exercising regularly. So I'm easing into it with the Couch-to-5k running program from CoolRunning.com.

My venture back into fitness luckily coincides with my recent new smartphone acquisition. So I've got lots of cool fitness and running apps I can download to totally geek-out my exercise experience.

I've also cleaned out my basement and set-up all my workout gear, which includes a treadmill, elliptical, recumbant stationary bike, a weight bench, Olympic weights, dumbbells, a stability ball and a lever machine. (I'm serious about my home gym.) I still need Hubby to hang the heavy bag and the speed bag, but I have enough gear ready to do some decent workouts.

Now all I need is the motivation to put down my glass of wine and lace up my sneakers...