OK, figured it would be a good time to start an exercise journal!

I took a break from working out over the Xmas holiday. My plan is to put the house back together this weekend, so I can re-start my exercising and homeschooling on Monday.

Here is the plan:

Monday- The Firm cardio sculpt
Tuesday- The Firm Ab Sculpt
Wednesday- The Firm Upper Body Sculpt
Thursday- The Firm Lower Body Sculpt
Friday- Ab Sculpt

Not sure about Saturday- maybe Bowflex?

My hope is that pretty soon, our home biz will be making enough $ for me to quit my part time job. Then I'll have the time to go to Curves once again-- loved that fun workout! If I do that, though, i will definitely continue to use the Firm lower body sculpt... Curves can't even come close to firming up that rear end like the Firm can!

Gearing up to officially start exercising again on Monday! Today I've been cleaning house, and getting things ready to make it easy to start back up.

I did clean the horse paddock today. Does that count as a workout? LOL. It feels like one!

This has been a challenging week. I have been upset over something completely unrelated to exercise or diet... and I feel even worse because I did not start exercising this week as I had planned.

I did, however, clean the post holiday mess up in the house (even organized a closet!), and have been working on improving the horse paddock. So, at least I've been moving a bit (and getting outside!).

I read a thread in the exercise forum here on this site- looking for inspiration to start moving again... and I found a reference to this site: http://www.sfactor.com/ (It was posted by Galadriell-- THANKS for posting about it!)

I am so going to do this! Even if I don't use it as my regular workout... I think it will be an awesome way to mix it up a bit!! LOL! Whodathunkit, stripping and pole dancing as a fitness workout. The actress who came up with this idea is *brilliant*!

This is totally going to take off, I know it. If I was a dancer, or coordinated in any way, I would absolutely want to be an instructor and open a franchise!

I am so happy to find a fellow stipper:-)

Go for it, it is excellent!!!! Yes, it can make the boring Pilates so exciting:-) I mean are not these abs exercises names sounds much better than hundred, crunches etc?
"peel up, fiddler, prance, flirt, leg splay, bridge grind, side goddess, side leg peel "

Have you found the book?

LOL- I just went looking for your post so I could credit you! Came back to edit my post, and found your reply. Too funny.

Thanks for posting about the S Factor... this is exactly what I needed to get motivated again.

LOL! So much more colorful than "hundreds" or "the saw" or "rolling like a ball". I decided to order the book with video from the site- so it will be a couple weeks before it gets here.

In the meantime, boring Pilates and Firm tapes for me! (And cleaning the horse paddock) .