Wed: 10 Min Solution Pilates

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Not much time today, I'm home now for about an hour and a half before I have to take off again for the rest of the day. I'm finding on my really crazy days that I can often get about 20 minutes worth of exercise in and still feel good about doing that much. I wanted to do Power Half Hour Thigh Trimmer but really didn't want to take 30 minutes so I decided to pull out 10 Minute Solution Pilates. I did one or two of the workouts on this dvd months ago and felt completely overwhelmed by them because I had such little strength and endurance for core workouts then. I remember Kassia recommended this to me and while I really appreciated it, I still felt like, wow this is something to work up to! What a fun difference today, now I know why she likes it! These are great, quick workouts. I did Pilates for Abs and Pilates for Thighs and Buns and while they were still challenging I was up to the challenge and really enjoyed them both. I still cannot roll my hips up off the ground without momentum (and lots of it) helping me up, my abs just aren't that strong yet but they're a lot better than they used to be and it was fun even with that! Lara Hudson (who also does 10 Minute Solution Yoga) is a very straightforward, encouraging instructor. There's not a lot of teaching with these and I am familiar with basic pilates moves so that helped. When I did this the first time I didn't really know what the basic moves were and that added to my frustration so I wouldn't recommend this as a video to learn pilates from but once you know the basics it is a great challenge with 5 workouts to choose from too. I haven't done any of the other 3 yet but am looking forward to doing them soon.

Bonus to working out and losing weight: I saw an old friend today that I haven't seen in a long time at a lunch honoring my husband (who is having to change jobs due to contract changes) and this friend made it a point to walk up to me and tell me how great I look. It made me feel so good!! He's a sweet guy but he doesn't just hand out compliments for the sake of it so that made it even more meaningful. Wheeee!! :-)

Gotta get some work done around here then it's time to be off and running again!