Barre Fitness

I'm 100% back to my healthy ways and loving my newest fitness regime. With the exception of NYE, I have not had a drop of alcohol this year. This is mainly because I'm saving money for the DC trip and haven't gone on the weekends. Since I'm still hesitant on returning to the gym (still can't wrap my head around why) I still occasionally do the "Jenna Marbles Workout" just to wake myself up in the morning if I don't run & will be doing Barre in the evening. I was doing this everyday (even when I ran) and also the 30-day squat challenge, yet another workout I saw on Pinterest, but have stopped the squat challenge as Barre is really workin' my booty!

Now, about this Barre Fitness... I went to pester my mom at her office (one building over) & was talking to the receptionist, who is my age. She said she was going with another coworker to Barre class that evening & I should try it. My former boss' daughter is an instructor and had told her about it. What the hell, I gave it a try.

& I absolutely loved it. It's great for runners as it focuses on small muscles not frequently used while running but support the big ones that you do use. This class is quite pricey but I fell so in love with it that I am making it work into my budget. 

I am back to tracking my calories on MyFitnessPal (set to lose 0.5 lbs/ week) and took my measurements & weight on 1/18/14. I intend to weigh myself weekly although I am not focused on weight loss and will take measurements every month. Off the top of my head, my measurements were as follows:

Bust: 36 in
Waist: 33 in
Hips: 38 in

Excited to see what they are on 2/18/14! I also took pictures of me in my bikini, as motivation, but they are at home so I can't post them now. I plan on taking pics in the same bikini when I measure myself each month to see the changes between now & summertime. I am already confident in my bikini & it fits me very well, but I am looking for some muscle definition ;)