Happy Birthday to me!

And to my daughter (yes, I had her on my birthday - she is the best present I've EVER gotten or will ever get!) Here we are waiting for the men of the house to serve us breakfast-in-bed (no comments about the hair please!):

There were flowers, balloons and card on my desk when I arrived in the office this morning - thanks to everyone, however I suspect Shanan is the real organizer! Thanks Shanny! The morning blew by, partially as I was in late as I'd had a meeting in Halifax first thing this morning. So, before I knew it Shanan's telling me to get changed for our workout.

I mistakenly thought Laurissa might take it easy on my today, being my birthday and all - man, I was WRONG! Today she really 'brought it'! Today was 6 stations, working for 30 seconds on 10 second rest, for 25 minutes. Here are the 6 stations/exercisesfor today:

• Dips with an ab crunch
• Leg raises - lying on the floor, raising one leg high into the air, now raise into a bridge (and lower) (right leg only)

• Platform jump - jumping two footed from the ground up onto a raised platform, jump back down to the ground

And, there will be no comments about my belly hanging out in this photo!!
• Wide legged burpees
• kettlebell military press from a squat (single arm)
• Leg raises - lying on the floor, raising one leg high into the air, now raise into a bridge (and lower) (left leg only)

As it was my birthday I thought I should have a group photo:

and the last one is Laurissa and I!

So, this is it. Now I'm Fourty. Do I feel any different? No. I feel good, I think I look good. I don't feel like I thought Fourty would feel. I still feel like I'm in my mid thirties.

I can thank Laurissa (and myself) for helping making this change in my lifestyle. Its definitely a permanent change; I will not go back to the way I felt and looked! I guess I should say thank you to Fourty too, because if it weren't for the fear of that number I wouldn't have made a change either.

That's it! Nite