There are a lot of weddings going on during the summertime – and many that will be occuring in the fall (including my long awaited wedding!) So if you are in a wedding, going to get married or planning to attend a wedding…then I think this is a wonderful incentive to get into some mad shape! I knew that I would only have approximately 6 months to get into great shape after giving birth since our wedding is slated to…
Mommy Fitness Blog: my feet are dying!
June 28, 2010Right now my entire calf area is sore – including my feet! We went on a 10 mile hike on Saturday and boy did it kick my butt! Not only was it hot and steep, but I was carrying 30 extra pounds on me! Half the time I carried the little baby and a heavy back pack – the second half, I carried the big baby (who loved to move and steal my sunglasses!) Litte Christian had NO idea what…
The fear of regret
June 23, 2010June 22, 2010 I auditioned for Oprah’s new network this past weekend in L.A. I thought going down south would be a great opportunity to get out of Sacramento, go to the beach and experience something that made me nervous, anxious and embarrassed. On Saturday morning, one of my best guy friends, Dave Slagle, picked me up from my hotel at 5:00am to drive to Orange County and stand in a long line full of Talk Show hopefuls. It was…
Mommy Fitness Blog: 5 weight loss tips.
June 17, 2010I’ve been training for almost three weeks now! It’s been a long road back though. I definitely feel weaker. I can’t perform as many push-ups or lift as much weight. The levels on my cardio machines are much lower and I feel soreness daily. I’ve been training an average of 4-5 times per week and been watching what I’m eating. I’ve dropped arond 3 pounds, which is slow, but great! I definitely see a huge difference in my abs. That…
an emotional truth.
June 9, 2010June 8, 2010 I don’t feel fulfilled. I feel guilty even uttering those words. I have two adorable boys, a successful business, a running nonprofit and a loving family and yet I go to sleep each night feeling exhausted, sometimes bored, but most of all.unfulfilled. In the last two years, I feel like a tornado has swept through my life and left me with successful projects, beautiful children, and a life I can’t recognize anymore. I used to spontaneously travel…
Mommy Fitness Blog: First week BACK
June 7, 2010It’s Monday and I just had a long night. My nights go like this: Hopefully I sleep by 11pm…since David sleeps later, he can tend to the baby until 3am for his first night feeding when I awake…then 5:30am…then he awakes again around 7:30ish, which at that point, I ask David to feed him because I end up sleeping from 6:30am – 9:30am. So as you can imagine, my sleep schedule is pretty erratic. I don’t know how I function…
I just wrote a long post and it just ERASED! So I think I’m going to just bullet point what I wrote because I have things to do and can’t rewrite everything. Here it is: – I can’t wait to start working out next week as it has almost been 6 weeks now since I gave birth. – Right now I’m not doing much for exercise. Just being stressed and running around – My eating is a 7/10. It could…
Mommy Fitness Blog: the ‘inbetween’ stage!
May 19, 2010It’s been one month now since I delivered Nicholas. I can’t believe it’s been that long! While I would like to say ‘it feels like yesterday’ when I had him…that’s not true. I feel like it’s been a month or more as I have been busy with life since then! I have dropped a considerable amount of weight. I’m not dieting very much…I’m actually in the same mindset as I was when I was pregnant. If I want it, I’ll…
Grounding myself.
May 17, 2010May 17, 2010 I haven’t been updating lately for the obvious reasons I have two kids, three jobs and lots of deadlines. Besides the obvious, I’m not updating for other reasons I’m tired of complaining. I’m tired of going through my list of things I need to do have to do…and want to do. I don’t want to write about thinking positively, taking action or understanding life’s cycles. I don’t want to be inspirational or motivational. I just want to…
Mommy Fitness Blog: 3 weeks post-preggers!
May 7, 2010I was so happy whenI jumped on the scale this morning. I lave lost 20lbs since giving birth and it feels really good. I haven’t worked out – I don’t even go out walking! (Due to time restraints) I think breast feeding, running around working and picking Christian up twenty times a day are the reasons why. I’ve been incredibly busy. Yesterday I woke up at 6am, (not by choice), had to make an emergency errand at a care home,…