Having Keeghan was hard on my hair, my feet, and everything in between. So I took things as easy as I could for the first 3 months, and then I started to get serious about putting myself back together. I started gently, with Tai Chi and daily walks. Lately I’ve stepped up my game with resistance training and yoga in addition to Tai Chi and walking.

When I look at how far I’ve come in six months, I feel like a rock star. I mean, I’m down 40 lbs and two pants sizes! I have so much more strength and endurance now! I actually feel like I have a shot at keeping up with two active boys. Like it might not kill me. That’s amazing! I also no longer have to sit down to finish getting dressed, which is good because it made me feel like I was about to be shipped off to assisted living, and I don’t think they’d let me bring the kids.

I try not to look too hard at the flip side, because it makes the formerly fit, trim woman who still lives somewhere in my psyche weep with frustration. 30 more pounds to go. Plus, with 18 years of healthy boys to keep up with, I better start CRUSHING the cardio. But I can do it!! Right? Well, maybe I could use some help. Time to bring on the Workout Program. Fitting that in, for me, means workout videos in my living room. Or, as they call it now, a “virtual trainer.”

I know that when picking a trainer (virtual or otherwise) some people are motivated by eye candy of their preferred gender. I find myself much more motivated by someone who represents my goals. So I’m all over Chris Freytag. She’s 45. She’s had 3 kids. And she is ROCKING the bare-belly workout gear. She’s amazingly fit.

When I’m working along to her 10 lb Slimdown program I feel more like the Rockstar and less like the poster child for Body Parts That Should Make Young Girls Think Twice About Having Babies. You really can’t put a price tag on that, now, can you?

How about you? What makes today a Rock Star day?