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EMMASXJ89
9/14/2012 5:55PM
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You are so inspirational. This is the perfect example of a mom who works hard to not only take care of her family, but also take care of herself 
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TISTEN23
9/13/2012 1:21PM
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Get the kids involved! Use them to do bicep curls, get them to do jumping jacks or imaginary jump rope with you. 10 min burns almost 100 calories and gets you sweaty! There isa great 10 minute jump rope video on here, and just a jumping video here....
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AMILLER1124
9/13/2012 10:09AM
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I do get lil man in on my ST but the cardio is what kills me because if I manage to get my heartrate up something seems to interrupt and I don't get to maintain or some times even get back to what I was doing. Thank you both for the encouragement. It's going to get better. I've just got to keep working on it. When my baby girl gets a little older maybe it will be easier to get outside and do activities. Right now she's in that stage where she wants to play but can't and expects to be held or at least have all the attention. So it's hard to run around with JW, although she makes a great added weight to all my other activities. I'm hoping she will be content with the stroller rides as we ease our way in to walking. Kitty - unfortunately I have to cut out of work a couple minutes early to even make it to the daycare before they close. If I have to get gas, I've got to do it at lunch or I'll be paying late fees for picking the kiddos up after 6. It's hectic, but I'm sure if I keep plugging along I'll get there. One day at a time. "Just keep swimming swimming swimming" hahaha Report Inappropriate Comment |
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JJAQUES41
9/13/2012 9:56AM
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Having little ones makes it super hard to find any "me" time, it WILL get better. Is there a way that you can do an activity with your 5 year old to interact with them and at the same time sneak in some exercise for yourself? A game of chase, hide and seek, sit on mommy's back while she does push-ups, something like that? When short on time I've always found it more productive if I can combine two "must-do" items into one time slot.
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BIGPAWSUP
9/13/2012 9:48AM
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First off - breathe! You sound a bit stressed and overwhelmed. Just relax a bit and re-focus. I know getting "sweaty" at work is out, but what about right after - even before you go home, could you do a 10 minute power walk? As soon as the kids go down for the night, jump rope, jumping jacks, whatever. Shoot for 10 minutes.
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During my training to be a massage therapist I made my first vision board and thought it was a great idea especially since I'm a very visual person. A few weeks ago I made another one as part of my weightloss journey to use as motivation and to literally keep my goals within sight. The downfall with my first board was I stuck it in my briefcase and it hasn't surfaced often enough. So today I made a bigger better board and I hung it right in my office. I'm sure my male co-workers will appreciate the very attractive, super fit women haha.....
But that's just one part of visualization that is helping me make the right decisions about my health today. I've been reading The Spark and in the book it encourages you to see yourself where you want to be and doing what you want to do. That my friends has been more helpful than I ever imagined!! I really wanted something chocolate from the vending machine a little while ago but then I thought "would that super fit, smoking hot mom snack on this garbage?" and the answer of course was "Heck no!" so I went and got a pack of my almonds.
I know a lot of people that make good moral decisions based on the question "what would jesus do" so I'm going to use the same philosophy with my fitness and nutrition...."what would future me do? would she sit on the couch instead of working out? would she spend her weekends being lazy or running a 5K?" I'll let you know how this works out, but so far it's working wonders.
Today has been fairly good for me. I've made smart nutritional decisions and although I had to drive instead of walk to the store on my lunch break I still parked as far from the door as possible. I'm challenging myself to add more protein to my diet and decrease my carbs a little. I have done well at staying in all my ranges but I'm always on the top end for carbs and low end for protein. From what I've read that's not ideal for someone with a slow metabolism like me. I figure as long as I'm still in my ranges, it couldn't hurt to try it out.
One last thing to be accountable for....tonight I'm taking the kids on our first bonifide walk. I want to encourage my son to move a little more. He's overweight to and we've got to get that in check. We've been batteling about food for a while now and I feel we are taking baby steps in the right directions. I mean we are leaps and bounds from him eating a plate of grilled chicken and broccoli but still we don't have a cupboard full of Doritos and doughnuts anymore either. One day, one meal at a time.
Here are a few of the pictures that are now gracing my walls to inspire me.....
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BIGPAWSUP
9/12/2012 1:15PM
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This is fantastic. I'm going to go home and find my vision board! I haven't seen it in months. Kitty Report Inappropriate Comment |
