“WHAT is going on with Allie/Maham!?”

“Isn’t she doing Kayla Itsines’ bikini body guide again?”

“Wait. No. I thought I saw a picture of Sophie gray’s Plyo Madness e-book on her page!”

“Yeah. She’s definitely doing the plyo madness e-book.”

“WAIT WHAT!?!?!?? she just posted a picture with Kayla’s workout!”

If you find yourself thinking those things going through my instagram, you are not alone. I would be thinking the same thing!! So what is my current fitness routine?

Well, it’s so funny that you ask that, my love, as my answer to that is: “I’m in the process of finding it out!”

As most of you know, I did Kayla Itsines’ bikini body guide! I finished all 12 weeks, and for the most part, I absolutely adored it! Consequently, after completing it, I decided to do it a second time around.

But, then, I stopped. Why?

Though her guide was a beautiful investment for my body, my mind had other ideas. To no fault of the guide, I found that I was becoming far too rigid in my thought processes regarding working out.  “Robot Allie must do 1.25 hours of LISS today.” Working out became so mechanical and sterile, and frankly, I was working out far too many days!

I didn’t like that so much. So I stopped.

This brings me back, full circle, to my new years resolution I made for this year: BALANCE. The deepest parts of me know that the best results are acquired in a state of balance. I don’t know how I “know” this; I suppose it is because I FEEL it. It just feels like a state of concordant harmony would provide the most fostering environment for noticeable and DESIRED differences to appear.

How am I supposed to stay LONG and lean if I consistently keep doing high intensity exercise that causes my muscles to shorten and contract 6 days of the week?

So, I trusted my universal intuition. I actively verbalized my intention to our beloved universe.

“Like night has day, and summer has winter, I want balance.  Lead me to it. I surrender to the delicate balance You maintain, and I desire to be in harmony with it.”

And, Voila! I came across Sophie Gray’s page! I loved that her workouts were only four days of the week and that she emphasized the importance of REST in her program–not just “active rest”, but really, true, “give yourself a break” rest. I tuned my attention to my mind-body-spirit connection and realized that this was a workout plan that my body AND my mind agreed upon. So, I purchased her e-book.

I’m only on week 1 so it’s a little premature to supply ya’ll with a detailed review. I will say, however, it is CHALLENGING. I cannot get through all eight rounds of the circuit YET. Consequently, I am only doing half of the rounds. To improve my cardiovascular strength, I am doing 30 minutes of moderate intensity on the treadmill/elliptical after completing the four rounds! All this in my limited 4 days.

I will keep you guys updated. I will say, however, that taking these rest days is really tough. I’m fearful that “all my hard work will go down the drain” if I allow myself 2-3 rest days instead of 1. Cognitively, I realize that this thought is distorted and inaccurate, however, emotionally, I am quite frightened.

It’s change. Change is scaryexcitingwonderfulnotsowonderful.

But my intuition  has never led me astray. Where intention goes, energy flows. So, I’m currently amidst a balancing act. Meow!

Love ALWAYS!