Journeying into Fitness

So, YES.  About a week ago I said I would not post again until I had ventured out to check out some local gyms and began the long journey to getting in shape. 

I am really happy to say I accomplished the venturing out part.  I checked out two gyms very close to my home, and I agreed to a one-week free trial membership at one of them.  I want to go tomorrow, my last free day, to spend some time on the treadmill and stationary bicycles.  The young manager was very friendly, assuring me that questions were always welcome, and that there were lots of women my age that work out at this gym.

I went one evening to a yoga-stretch class that was more stretching than actual yoga.  There were only four others in the class, and 3 of them were my age and roughly in the same shape as me.  it was the first class for one of the other women too. It was not intimidating at all, the instructor was welcoming and friendly, encouraging but not pushy.  In short, yes!  I will keep on going to this class.  It is scheduled twice a week, and the class alone is worth the cost of the monthly membership.  I should have joined a year ago!

The weather here has been brutal.  Minus 27 Celsius with the wind chill.  Last night was blizzard conditions -- lots of drifting snow, wind, ice, and extreme cold.  I always have worn pants, especially in the winter, but I have discovered a much cosier way to keep warm this year... so yes, I guess even an "old dog can learn new tricks!"

What is my discovery? There's a story to this .... My cousin showed me the beautiful wool skirt she got for Christmas last year.  It is from Uksi winter skirts  (no, I am not affiliated with them.  They have never heard of me, and I will not get any commissions or whatever from them if you check out their site or even if you purchase.  I just really like their skirts!)

And then, back in the fall I purchased my first ever pair of leggings to wear at a chilly outdoor fall wedding.  They were perfect.  And the light went on.  Leggings plus a skirt equals roasty toasty warm.  It doesn't have to be a gorgeous, pricey wool skirt either.  Just an extra layer over the leggings is like being wrapped in a warm blanket.  This is my new winter look!

And now that I discovered how warm long skirts and leggings are in our chilly winters, I have been going through my pattern stash to find great skirt patterns.  I'll close by sharing a few that I got listed on Etsy tonight.



 Slim skirt - SO EASY by Simplicity
 New Look easy skirt pattern
Simplicity Fast & Easy skirt pattern

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Women's Fitness & Gyms

Image
Blog link party Here's to all of us, wishing us all happiness, health, and all good things in this new year. We celebrated the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019 much like we do every new year with family.  Supper at my grandchildren's home, then back to our house where we watched the new year ushered in around the continent, until finally it arrived in our city.  January 1st was spent, as is our longstanding tradition, gathering with many relatives for dinner and an evening of visiting and games.  Impossible to start a diet on January 1 in our family, as it is the first feast of the year. I did not make resolutions, unless you count the "I should's" dancing in my head.  If I wrote them all down, it would be overwhelming. Health is high on my priority list as I get older.  I am feeling my bones and muscles age, and worry about falling.  I even worry about getting up again, when I am kneeling on the floor, digging for a misplaced pot or pan in the cu
Read more

Sewing at Home

Image
I have always loved to sew.  When I was quite little, my mother taught me how to thread a needle and knot the thread so I could stitch patterns on tea towels.  She gave me fabric scraps to create clothing for my dolls.  I had a lovely sewing basket that carried my stash of sewing supplies that I proudly carried with me for overnights at my Grandmother's house. Eventually Mom taught me how to use our sewing machine, which was my Grandmother's old treadle machine.  I think it was given to Mom in exchange for her agreeing to do all the mending for her mother-in-law.  My initial projects were little more than stitching lines on towels or perhaps attaching ties to an apron ... nothing very difficult.  The biggest bit of information passed on to me in those early days was to make sure I didn't stitch through my fingers. I was fortunate that in approximately grade 8 we had home economics classes.  I recall picking out the pattern for a skirt with suspender-like straps.  It was
Read more

RGT

R -- Re-used, Re-purposed, Re-claimed, Re-cycled, Re-styled G -- Great, Groovy, Gorgeous, Green T --Totes,  Togs, Tarns and Treasures ..... Really Great Treasures.   Re-styled Green Treasures. My intent is that my work will encompass all of this.   Except for the T part. The Tarn might not be a tote or a tog.   New Life from Old describes my mission  ........  Really Great Treasures created from reclaimed materials.   This has been percolating in the back of my mind for almost two years.  I began work on the RGT totes last year but it is only recently that my plans have taken on a life of their own. This is going to be an exciting adventure.  I hope you will enjoy the things I create; perhaps you will be inspired to re-claim used materials yourself, and re-style them into something new.  Perhaps you will want something that I have created.  Either way, it will all be good.   Have fun.  Best advice ever, and that's what I intend to do.
Read more