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Monday, January 2, 2017

Monday, January 2, 2017
First post of the New Year!!!!

I've been off work for the past week and have been lounging around my place, hanging out with family and friends, eating pasta and pizza nearly every day, and going at my own pace (which can be very lackadaisical).

I'll be re-joining the work world tomorrow as my company reopens from the Holiday Break.  I'm looking forward to honing myself professionally in the upcoming year and seeing what opportunities wait for me!!!

I'm looking forward to a year of physical fitness and achieving more of my personal goals in regards to my health.  This blog is certainly one of those goals, but I'm also an avid runner and haven't run a full Marathon since 2012 or a half-marathon since 2016; it's time to break that trend!!! lol

Those are my simple goals for 2017.  Nothing too insane or unreachable.

I'm going to be following my standard primary series this morning after a quick shower and a warm up on my mat.

Monday, January 2, 2017 (Part II)
Sweat like an absolute monster this morning and don't quite know why.  I indulged in food, booze, and even snuck a few cigarettes into the mix on NYE, so this might have been my body realizing its opportunity to purge some junk out of me. lol

Feeling like a million bucks this morning and, even though it's dreary an rainy outside, I'm looking forward to a great day.

Namaste

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