Recently I put my employees on a strict fitness plan. So far, in just two months, they lost anywhere between 10-20 pounds and many inches off their waist. I’m so proud of them! Here are my 8 rules I gave them – which I think YOU should also try, if you are planning on fitness program: 1) Write down everything you eat 2) Workout 3-4 times a week (or more) 3) Drink ONLY water 4) Stop eating pass 7pm 5) …
Mommy Fitness: Frustration
May 18, 2012Last week I worked out 6 days a week at 7am in the morning. This week is MUCH different. I have been so busy – especially in the night with a teething baby – that it’s so tough to obviously make it to the gym in the morning. When I start my day and the kids are already awake, then I have to cook breakfast, start cleaning up and answering emails. When 10am rolls around, I am not in the…
My BUTT workout.
May 11, 2012I used to have a nice butt. But ever since having kids, I feel like it’s become weaker – along with my lower back and core regions. So, for the last couple years (that I haven’t been pregnant of course) I’ve been focusing on my backside. Sometimes I will perform walking lunges for 45 minutes straight without stopping. Sometimes I will run bleachers. Often I perform the workout below. This workout really targets my backside. I usually perform my butt…
Mommy Fitness: Consistency
May 11, 2012I have trained every morning this week. Believe me, it was tough. This morning, I absolutely didn’t want to. Especially when I checked the scale and it had NOT moved! I try (as usual) not to get swayed by the scale. I know what I sow today, I will reap tomorrow. If I am disappointed with results I ask myself: Has my diet been up to par? Have I been training intensely? Have I become to comfortable in my workouts?…
Mommy Fitness: On track.
May 4, 2012My goal is to wake up early morning and train. However, that hasn’t happened. Here’s why: 1) I sleep late. I sleep late because the boys go to bed at 8:30pm. That means I finally have time to myself – of course, that’s after I’m done cleaning, doing the dishes and laundry. “Me” time also comes after working, sending emails and paying bills. When I finally get to ‘me’ time I read a book, write in my diary, browse Facebook…
Mommy Fitness: my scale is ‘off’
April 26, 2012My husband weighed himself the other day and the scale was anywhere between 5-7 pounds off. I was shocked! I was weighing in around 130….but when I started declining to 128 I also knew the scale might not be correct because my clothes weren’t matching what the scale measured. So, I began a mission on weighing myself on several different scales. In the end, I ended up purchasing a new scale. So how does it feel to be heavier than…
Mommy Fitness: Unmotivated
April 19, 2012Last week I was killing it on the workouts. I trained five days, worked on my core and was feeling sore nearly every day. This week, however, is a different story. It all started a few days ago when a wave a nausea came over me. I know, I know…please don’t say I’m pregnant. Is it possible – maybe. But last time I felt this way, I got my period for the first time since delivering. That was a month…
Mommy Fitness: My CORE workout
April 11, 2012I made it a goal to start training more core more often. After having three kids in three years my midsection has definitely lost the strength it once had. Push ups is a great example of how weak my core is….I can’t even perform ten without my ab area getting tired (even before my chest does!) So here is what I’m doing: I’m using a stopwatch (on my phone) I start with the PLANK. It’s like a pushup but you’re…
Mommy Fitness: New Goals.
April 9, 2012I haven’t posted about my fitness in a while mainly because I’ve been so busy AND there really doesn’t seem like a lot to post about. I am six pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight of 125. Interesting because it took me nearly six months to get to this weight after my second pregnancy. I reached 131 in just three months! Crazy. What am I doing differently? Well, I definitely think my body is becoming a ‘baby making machine’. It’s…
Clean Eating: Coconut Water
April 3, 2012For the past couple months, I totally stopped drinking anything besides water. I’ve expanded my choices to soy milk, coconut water and tea. I don’t use any added sugars of fake sugars. My best friend, Borina, introduced me to coconut water when we went to Vegas. It’s not as delicious as Diet Coke, but it doesn’t have the fake sugar that makes me bloated and it kills the craving I have for sugar! So – if you haven’t tried coconut…