The pic of my first board didn’t stay when I made my last post.

I’m proud and excited about completing the first board of the Spring Challenge! Ready for the next third tomorrow. I’m not new to barre, but I’m newer to M/Body and absolutely LOVE it.

When talking about the many benefits of this program, one thing that doesn’t get talked about as much is working ALL of your muscles is noticeable… in the bedroom. My situation is being w/ the same partner for what feels like forever and delivering a giant baby 5 years ago, and I am well aware of the increased strength I have (hey pelvic floor!) that benefits both of us. Barre has helped this, but I can notice even more benefits since starting M/Body a few weeks ago. Because our muscles are universal, I know this benefits anyone consistently doing these workouts even if your pelvic floor never took a hit.

Whoomp There It Is!! (For anyone who remembers Jock Jams from the 90s)🙌 😂🤷‍♀️

Day #12 and here to say the lemon water (w/ ginger, cayenne, and turmeric) has become a daily habit but I am not predicting the same for celery water. I’m down for new experiences, but I’m pretty sure I made the same face I make when drinking shots.

I’ve been adding a few handfuls of fresh spinach to my lunch smoothies (frozen fruit, Greek yogurt, milled flaxseed & water) and that has been a really easy addition of more greens. In fact, it tastes really good w/ frozen pineapple. Interested to hear others’ strategies for adding extra greens to their diet.

Y’all, we are in the double digits of the Spring Challenge! 🎉 I’m enjoying reading others’ goals and look forward to reading more that get posted. This week I am continuing the goal of really minding my form- I think I lean my torso forward and that’s been adding to occasional knee discomfort. So continue watching my postural alignment in the mirror and keep my chest up. Additionally I am trying to replace the occasional breathless curse word with a smile when things get challenging to send the signal to my body and mind that this ALL fun, even the hard parts (fake-it-until-I-make-it).

Well damn.

Living on the east coast, Wednesday Lives are 1pm for me. I’m lucky to WFH on Wednesdays so I can exercise at that time, whereas many other work days I exercise at night. It makes such an impact on raising my energy with my afternoon/evening clients after having a workout and feeling the energy of Marnie’s instruction and knowing so many others are doing the same in real time (or watching from work and engaging in that way). I was aware of that all yesterday and enjoyed it! Exercising at night can make sleep initiation harder, yet it’s easier for me to stay up later than awake earlier to get it in first thing in the morning. Thank you all for the energy boost to not only keep on going during workouts but for that lingering effect for the rest of the day. Will be going through the medicines/supplements later on to clear out expired items for Day #6!

Kicking off Day #4 w/ lemon water (fresh lemon, ginger, cayenne pepper & turmeric) although my 5 year old has taken all the mason jars to make “potions” (now filled w/ food coloring, glitter, cinnamon, and soap) so chugging from a regular glass. ❤️

I journaled my smart goals last night and sharing them here- hopefully it’s legible. Cheers to each of you as you continue your journey! 💪

Cheers to the women-owned and operated M/Body on International Women’s Day (as Daniela pointed out in her post on the app yesterday)! I posted on FB but I know not everyone uses that platform.

Entering my third week of M/Body living and loved day #1 of the Spring Challenge! Thankful to have a body that can move and stretch and dance, and thankful to be here with everyone in the Global Fam!