[closetgymnast]

Hi Dancers!

so you have become a member to do the 30 day take off? I just started a pole fit class a couple of months ago-only once a week. I do gymnastics once a week. but my regular health and exercise routine is in the slumps.I'm going through a separation that is going to end in divorce,so I'm on a rollercoaster ride of emotions. not so darling hubby is playing the Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde routine and my kids are trying to cope. since Ive seen some posters admit it….I'll come out of the closet here…i started smoking again after quitting for years after the stress of fulltime school and the marital issues started to come up. I live in fear of my gymnastics coach or my holistic health friends finding out! one thing or another-often my feelings about myself-seem to be getting in the way of starting fresh and acting and being healthy again…any encouragement is welcome…anyone gone/going through similar struggles?

Thanks for letting me unload and be truthful!

 

[closetgymnast]

@pegasus-I think that information is very helpful. My challenges are I'm just finishing school, Ive been a full time student for a year and I;m trying to get back into a routine. Also ,I get shaky when I dont eat so I'll have something before I work out. The protein bars work but yesterday I tried a boiled egg instead and it worked.I know I cant do it overnight but I'm trying to get close to where I was a year ago. My issue isnt weight its getting back into healthy eating habits and building muscle again.I do have the belly fat issue. It seems all my stress and everything is stored there. I appreciate your insight because I dabble in nutrition and I tend to accept the advice of people especially women who have used the advice because I feel alot of the studies are geared toward the way mens bodies workor are simply not nutritionally sound for our bodies

[closetgymnast]

to pegasus- how is it impossible to lose body fat and build muscle at the same time?