I am so thankful for this 60-Day Challenge. The accountability of taking pictures and measurements has helped me see progress I would have otherwise missed not to mention the motivation I got from seeing inches lost! Keeping a calendar helps so much! Writing my workouts down helped me to see that I am more consistent than I imagined. A few days of workouts missed doesn't look as bad on paper as it seems in my mind. All those other listed workouts surrounding the "bad" week keep it in perspective! That keeps me from giving up. I realize that I am not so far off my goal as I had imagined.

I did really well with my workouts from January to May. Slowly, I began losing momentum. The school year was wrapping up, I was exhausted at the end of every day, and my house and children seemed out of control. I had to drop most all postings on the forums and my workouts per week dropped. I absolutely had to do Primary Back Stretch everyday; otherwise I paid a high price. A few days of missing that, and I said “No more skipping!” I really wanted to do the challenge to keep me going. The first 30 days I did pretty well – doing Basic Plus Tempo mostly, Step Away the Inches, and for a couple of weeks, walked 30 minutes daily with my husband (T-Tapp style of course!). The first 30 days, I lost the most inches. I made grand plans for the last 30 days, but could not get time scheduled. About this time, Teresa’s newsletter came out. In it she talked about squeezing in fitness. I took her at her word. Along with Charlotte Siems words – “The single best thing you can do is lift ribs, lock lats.” (Teresa’s words to her.) So, with that “ammunition” I preceded to fit in fitness – driving my van, pushing a grocery cart, cooking, chopping, etc. I would lift ribs, lock lats, do a set of Hoe Downs, Butterflies, shoulder rolls, anything I could think of.

My second thirty days gave me no gains and still some inch loss. I don’t know of any other workout that gives such benefits for little investment. No matter what I did with my T-Tapp, I always pushed to my max – I was rewarded. It was during this time that I also finally got consistent with PG supplement. As I mentioned earlier, I was exhausted at the end every day – stress was taking a toll. After a couple of weeks, I noticed that I had some energy left by evening. The only change I had made was the PG supplement. Then I had some evenings where I was drained again… I tried to think over the day. Again, the only significant change was that I had forgotten to take my PG. At the beginning of the year, I did the Self-Directed 60-Day Challenge. I was very consistent, and worked very hard. I lost over 15 inches. This challenge, I did less workouts, used my PG supplement and lost over 16 inches. Hmmmm. I will make PG part of my daily routine from this day forward!!

I have been quite fit and trim most all of my life, even in my 30s. Even after 4 children I maintained my shape and weight fairly well. The inches have been creeping back up over the past year, so I decided to get serious - again. I’ve been off and on over the past 6 years with my T-Tapp, but now that I have discovered the forums and learned that I have lots of options, I know that I am well on my way to keeping T-Tapp a weekly practice, especially in my everyday “chores.”