Some months I do more “wrap-up” posts than I do “normal” posts. Thankfully, this month was not one of them. April brought a few new readers (thank you!) and a theme (health and finance) that inspired… well, only two posts:

  • Five Reasons to Skip the Gym Membership. This was a bit controversial, but I stand by my assertion that Fitness Begins At Home.
  • Four Frugal Fitness Resources. Since I wrote this I’ve gotten to know RealAge.com a little better and I like it even more now. There are ways in which it’s more commercial than I like (such as prompting you to email family and friends about the site every time you update your real age assessment), but it’s a handy way station for medically-based health and fitness information. That becomes more and valuable every day, as we’re constantly bombarded with fatalistic “Obesity Epidemic” warnings, fad diets, and telecommercials for torturous exercise equipment.

Also this month one of my cars developed transmission issues, and I developed an action plan for dealing with it.

My own fitness goals were moderately successful. My goal was to exercise for 30 minutes each and every day, and I did this for 19 days out of 30. I exercised every day for the first 10 days, and then fell off the wagon due to sickness, exercising an average of three or four days a week for the rest of the month. Given this, I’ve decided to recommit to this exercise goal for May. In an attempt to add more strength training and flexibility training to my fitness routine- -since most of my exercise was walking – I’ll also attempt to add a five-minute stretch after every walk, and try for a strength training workout three days a week.

Things to look forward to in May:

  • Frugal in the Fruitlands will get its own domain name this month. I have a free one that comes with my webhosting that needs to be repurposed.
  • I’d like to start writing some “money memoirs.” Some of you – especially those who read from LJ – probably think my near-obsession with money and frugality makes me an odd bird, and I thought you might be interested in where that mindset comes from. Would you find this feature interesting or insightful?

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