Strong and Healthy Rules! Get Active in Vienna.

For regular readers, you know that I’ve been working hard to meet my goal of being pre-baby weight by Ladybug’s first birthday. Going to the gym and eating well (and carefully) have been a focus of my life for the last four months since I decided to just get it done: lose the weight and get in shape.

I am super proud to report that I’ve met my health goal. I’ve lost 23 pounds since November 1, to get my to pre-baby weight! I have lots of extra energy, I’m down a pants size and people often tell me I look great. As a capstone to the months of work, I completed an indoor sprint triathlon (my first ever) last week: 10-minute swim, 20-minute run and 30-minute bike. I did great, and felt fine afterwards!

In addition to the weight, I have some very real changes in the structure of my body, as learned from an assessment done at my gym, Lifetime Fitness: in November, I was 35 percent body fat. Yuck. Now I’m 28 percent! And in November my body’s age was like that of a 39-year-old – now it’s my true age: a 32-year-old. Apparently I have the potential to have the body of a 21-year-old, but let’s not get crazy.

While I really enjoy my gym, I think that with the nice weather on the horizon and the ever looming family budget, I might start seeking a new, less expensive, gym. I also still want to get into even better shape, but I don’t know that I need to be so disciplined about it right now – I’m a bit worn out in some ways from my months of hard work. And, I’m eager to get outside and bike on the W & OD Trail after the cold winter. Here is a quick list of places in Vienna where you can find fitness support:

Gyms / Fitness & Health Clubs

• Anytime Fitness
• Curves for Women
• Evolution Health and Fitness
• Equinox
• Fitness First
• Gold’s Gym Tysons Corner

Bike Stores

Note that Vienna just passed a law to create a new bike route on Courthouse Road! Props to my hubby, Town Transportation Safety Commission Chair, who helped make this happen!

• Bikes @ Vienna
• Performance Bicycle
• Spokes, Etc

Yoga and Pilates

• Body Grace Fitness and Yoga
• Church Street Pilates
• Dahn Yoga Center
• East Meets West Center

There are also several martial arts studios in town, but since I don’t practice that, I’ll leave that for someone else to discover and share!

Hope you get out there and get moving! See you on the trail!