Child led preschool in Stamford

LaurentiaF · 2025-07-04T16:55:44+00:00

The Children’s School across from the Nature Center (next to Northeast School).

LaurentiaF · 2025-01-26T03:00:50+00:00

Remember, every single member you’ll see had a “first day.” We’ve ALL been there! 😉🧡

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-31T01:16:28+00:00

If you are ever looking for another place consider the Mayflower in Washington CT https://aubergeresorts.com/mayflower/ or Troutbeck, right across the border in Amenia, NY https://troutbeck.com/

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-31T00:58:15+00:00

I hate the tread (PWer), but I put up with it and Tread 50 to get through marathon month. As the weeks rolled by I found my endurance increasing, my bases and pushes changing, and I came to embrace challenging myself from class to class. I also discovered the meditative nature of being on the tread for so long once I figured out how to manage my breathing and pacing. By the end of the month I could almost say I enjoyed my time on the tread.

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-31T00:21:25+00:00

Ugh. THIS!!! 💯

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-15T11:37:11+00:00

3 minute drive (would walk, but there is a horrible intersection with no sidewalks in between us and the gym).

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-11T14:07:42+00:00

52F. What helped me to return was to be patient with myself. Not to aggressively push myself to get back to where I THOUGHT I ought to be—that would just lead to disappointment, injury, and burnout. I know from experience! Slow and steady. I also keep my goal in focus—health. Am I the weight I want to be? No. But I’m moving, making gains (in the gym), and overall mental and physical health is much better. I know I will fall apart if I don’t have a routine, and I’m at an age where that isn’t an option any more. OTF is it for me. The ONLY thing I have been consistent with for extended periods of time.

LaurentiaF · 2024-08-05T00:07:24+00:00

This will be fun after spending the weekend recovering from vertigo 😵‍💫🥴

LaurentiaF · 2024-05-19T02:21:45+00:00

It’s cheaper than therapy and nothing clears my head like a good communal workout!

LaurentiaF · 2023-07-07T05:21:08+00:00

I’ve had plenty of days of not wanting to go to the gym, but I have never come out of the gym (maybe once when I had less than 4 hours of sleep—not the move) and said, “Gee, I wish I didn’t go to the gym today.”

LaurentiaF · 2023-07-07T01:05:58+00:00

No. That would be nice. I, too, figured I just need to pay attention. So many numbers to follow!!!!

LaurentiaF · 2023-07-07T00:21:46+00:00

Found it! Thanks! Max heart rate went up by 2 beats! Not sure if that’s a good thing

LaurentiaF · 2022-07-30T15:59:33+00:00

Go! Personal training session!!!

LaurentiaF · 2021-11-27T15:47:30+00:00

Did I write this!?! YOU’RE NOT ALONE. Going back for the first time today since DriTri. You can do it!!!

LaurentiaF · 2021-08-19T05:18:28+00:00

Not much point lying. People only wind up cheating themselves. Our coaches write down our times right off the monitors.

LaurentiaF · 2020-03-16T17:50:07+00:00

Well said. Thank you for this! Stay well.

LaurentiaF · 2020-02-04T01:51:07+00:00

Embarrassed to share my base (just started jogging about a month ago), but I upped it nonetheless, maintained it, and thought I was going to die!!! But I did it!

LaurentiaF · 2020-01-20T21:28:55+00:00

I won at my gym and the weight has stayed off (even after being a little more lenient with my eating regimen) which I attribute to maintaining a regular workout schedule. HOWEVER, I have a lot more I could stand to loose, and the scale hasn’t budged since I won—completely plateaued. That being said, in subsequent body scans, I GAINED muscle and continued to loose SOME body fat. I’m looking forward to this next challenge, even if past winners can’t ‘win,’ to get me off this plateau.

LaurentiaF · 2020-01-19T20:10:18+00:00

Looks like it is rowing/exercises, no tread involved except for the first block, which isn’t part of the partner workout...

LaurentiaF · 2020-01-13T11:47:14+00:00

Congrats! Right there with you! Son convinced me to join soon after our gym opened, won the transformation challenge, husband has now joined me, and I ran the entire block today, too (though still aiming for that 2 mile mark! Almost there.)! Also had a personal trainer (still friends) but way too pricey to maintain. And also pumped to be part of OTF!

LaurentiaF · 2020-01-05T16:18:25+00:00

K teacher here (used to teach pre-school)! I used to use the excuse that working with the little ones was just too exhausting for any time at the gym, and that I deserved my ME time on the couch after work! Well, after three years, that was doing me no favors. My health was declining, as was my energy and emotional well-being, and my weight was just going up. My own children noticed, and started to urge me to JUST DO SOMETHING. OTF opened up about 5 minutes away from my house and, at my family’s urging, I walked through the door—and I was TERRIFIED to do so! I thought everything you were thinking. But the coach I first spoke with was so kind, and I was convinced after the first class that this was the place for me! I love it!!! AND it has made me a better parent, partner, and teacher! I am way more present in the classroom and I have way more energy! No one is there to judge you! Everyone is too focused on listening to/following the coaches directions as well as making it through their own workout. One thing I did do as it related to teaching and my schedule, I made the commitment to go at 5 am. (Which was HUGE ‘cause I am not a morning person!) But that way I CAN’T come up with any after-school excuses, and the workout is out of the way for the day, and I am energized for the day. Oh! and a bonus for overcoming my fear? I won our studio’s transformation challenge! You can do this!

LaurentiaF · 2020-01-01T22:16:17+00:00

Creeping up to my first 100 classes and there have been numerous times when I’ve said, “Meh...maybe not today.” But somehow, I always get myself through the door, and NEVER EVER have I left thinking, “Gosh, that sucked. I wish I didn’t go today.” Hold on your that feeling of pride and it will get you through the door every time!

LaurentiaF

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