Looks like I made it back just in time. I didn't get to see even one resolutioner. Just the regulars doing their regular things regularly. This time around I'm incorporating more cardio in the beginning stages. Even though it's not the most efficient way to build muscle, I am more than eager to be rid of the belly pooch. Cardio makes me feel less fatty and everyone knows what a vacation followed by the holidays can do to a pooch.

So I'm off to hit shoulders and abs day followed by a light jog on the treadmill. The gym has been my one true love over the past couple months so I gotta show it some love on V-day. XO

I shuffled into the gym thinking they would throw kettlebells at me for betraying them and being gone for a month, but on the contrary. It was like I never left. Phew! Home again. I'm out of protein though so that's a problem. To the store!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

I haven't disappeared. I just got a fortune cookie at the beginning of the month that said it would be an "eventful" one and it has so I've been caught up with living and laughing and loving and all that good stuff.

First of all, Vegas. I am still alive, and that is all that needs to be said. And also the streets are paved with magic.

Second of all, fitness. I apologize, mostly to myself, but I have gotten too comfortable under blankets and with food items covered in cheese this winter to keep up with my routine. My prized muscles gains have pretty much dissolved into skinny-fat. I know it will be easier getting ripped this time around because I know what I have to do and where to do it and how to do it. I'm counting on muscle memory to fast-forward me back into pre-Vegas shape.

The best part about next week is that it's the start of a new month and I'll be in prime condition to begin at...ugh...day one.

I'm curious to see how the gym environment will have changed post New Year's Resolutioners. Either way it's time to get toned and primed just in time for warm weather fashion. Here we go!