First of all, I wanted to let you all know that I’ve decided to add a link-up to these weekly fitness updates in case any of you want to link your fitness posts here. A lot of readers said they would love to be able to connect with others who are also working on getting fit, so I thought a link-up would be a great way for us all to have a bit of accountability and encouragement, so you’ll see that at the end of the post. Now on with the update!
This week’s measurements were substantially smaller in the waist and hips, but it’s because I realized that all my tank top layers weren’t doing me any favors. At the recommendation of the brilliant Barre3 front desk girl (AKA my measurer extraordinaire) I took off one of my tank layers (AKA my security blanket) during our measurements and was so surprised at the difference it made! I actually lost 3/4 of an inch from last week before even removing my extra tank, but after I ditched the tank my numbers dropped even further! That’s why you’ll notice an asterisk (*) next to the measurements that had a large drop. There’s your explanation. Here are my photos from this week:
Here are my stats: (all comparisons are based off of the previous week’s stats)
Love and lost inches,
which studio do you go to?
I go to the Lake Oswego one mainly when I have my mom babysitting, but I also go to Southeast and occasionally the Pearl when I’m taking Fern since they have childcare and L.O. doesn’t.
I used to live in Vancouver and would go to that studio. My parents live in Lake Oswego, so now that we live in Hood Rivernand do not have one here, I will have to check out the studio in L.O. Do you have a preference?
Ashley, I actually think the one in the Pearl seems to have the best teachers and the nicest facilities, but only by a bit. Honestly, I’ve really enjoyed all the locations I’ve tried and I really love that I am seeing visible results and measuring inches lost instead of just focusing on the scale. So even though the scale isn’t changing a ton right now, I know I’m making progress :).
I will def. link up next week! I didn’t realize you were adding it in this week and I just started myfitnesspal today! Looking forward to linking up!
Feel free to add a link whenever you want! I’m keeping the link open for the whole week until the new one goes up!
So proud of you Lauren! Keep it up, you look amazing!!!
Thanks Amy! Working hard!!
Unrelated to the blog post, but I do have a question. Since you made the switch to your own domain name, your posts don’t show up in my feedly feed (which is what I switched to when google’s reader was taken away. Do you know of any way I can fix this?
Thanks!
Kelly,
That’s so strange! I think I maybe worked out some of the kinks…would you mind taking a peek to see if you are able to see my blog in your Feedly feed yet? Here’s the link I used and it seems to be working: http://cloud.feedly.com/#subscription%2Ffeed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Flaurenhartmann.com%2Ffeed%2F
Lauren, tonight when I took at look at feedlot, all the past posts that were missing appeared! Thank you so much for the repsonce and work done to help fix things!
Thank YOU so much for letting me know! I had no idea things weren’t working properly, so I really appreciate it. And thank you for taking the time to read my blog Kelly.
How often do you attend classes? Keep it up! 😀
I go 4-5 times a week! Thanks for the encouragement!