Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! It's been a long time since I have blogged. The last couple of months I have gone thru some stuff and learned a few things. So with that said, it's a new year and new game plan....


So they say that it takes 28 days (or a month basically) to develop a new habit. Each month I am going to pick one thing that I want to work on and stick to it for that month. January is fitness month.

I tried Tracy Anderson and it was too much of a time commitment so I have found this other program that I have done in the past and really liked and want to come back to it. It's called Exhale. They have 7 videos, one for each day of the week. So I will be doing one a day for the month of January.

I like these videos for two reasons. First is that each video is divided into 5 different chapters. So if you don't have time to do a full hour workout you can just do a couple of chapters. Second, they stretch a lot during the video which helps with not being so sore after completing the video (and builds your muscles leaner).

So this is the plan for January. Wish me luck.

P90X and Tracy Anderson Method

Unfortunately I had to stop with the P90X. I have an old ankle injury that is giving me trouble so I have to give it a rest for now. I really wasn't seeing any results anyways. Like I said before, I didn't push too hard because I didn't want to bulk up. So I searched around and found a new workout I can do and still rest my ankle. It's called Tracy Anderson Method .

She is all about looking feminine and NOT bulking up. She wants you to be fit and sexy. I really like that idea. Anyways, looking around at what other people said about her method, I found that you should start with the mat workout and do it four to six times a week. So I purchased the DVD on Amazon and it arrived today! 

I popped it into the DVD player and away I went. MAN does she make you hurt!!! (It's a good pain though.) I plan on doing it six times a week (with Sundays being my off days). I will be letting you know every Friday how things are going.  Cross fingers that I have no more injury!

Also today is Freebie Friday! I know that I haven't done anything in a while and I'm sorry. I will be more faithful in doing it from now on. Today I have for you a schedule. What I did was printed out one copy and put it in a plastic sheet protector. That way I can use a dry erase marker and write in my to do's and just erase them when they are done. 

Every night, before bed, I write down tomorrow's events. Then, on the right side, I have places for you to write something to do for your husband, kids, self, work, exercise, and housework. I pick things that I can do in 15 minutes, like paint my nails. Here is the link to the schedule. Have fun!

Daily Schedule

Updates

So today I wanted to give you a few updates.

First is an update on my P90X workout. I have been following the program for 30 days (taking a week off when I hurt my neck) and now I am moving into phase two. So far so good. I am not pushing too hard because I don't want to bulk up but I can now do 5 pull ups! Before I couldn't even do one. As far as weight loss goes, I am still at the same weight but I have lost a few inches in my waist and gain an inch in my biceps! So I'm marching forward and sticking with it. I will update again when I start phase three.

Now about wordpress. I did some research and found that you just can't customize wordpress like you can blogger. You are limited with banner size and background choices. And if you want to customize all that stuff you have to pay for a host which is like $5 a month. I'm not ready to pay for my blog when I have a perfectly good (free) one right here at blogger. So I'm staying here for now.

How much is too much?

So here I sit at the doctors office for a checkup and I'm blogging. I recently got an iPhone and what a difference! But it makes me ask the question, "how much is to much?"

Let me explain my decision to get the phone in the first place. My at home business is really picking up. So much so that it's hard for me to keep up. Well my business is also Internet and email heavy. If I miss a clients email that could possibly lose the job for me. So in plays the phone. Now I can go anywhere (like the doctors) and not miss anything. Priceless.

But all the other stuff that this phone can do is just overwhelming! You can listen to Internet radio while reading the bible and harvesting your crops! Do we really need all that with us all the time? And will all the entertainment in my hands just calling out to me take time away from my kids cause it's just right there? I just don't know.....


I do know one thing. It's been fun blogging while waiting for the doc!!!!

Wordpress?????

So not much to say today except I was thinking about switching over to wordpress. I recently watched a video about SEO (search engine optimization) and they said that wordpress is more likely to come up in a search then blogger. Thoughts? 

And I was just wondering how hard it is. I have two blogs that I will have to switch. Any help on this subject would be much appreciated. 

Fit Mommy and P90X

Hello all! Today I have a couple things to share. First a little background info.

If you didn't ready know, I'm a mother of two boys (the youngest is 2). So after having my last baby, I dropped all but 10 pounds of the baby weight (which I think is pretty good). But in the last 6 months or so I have started to gain weight and I am now almost up to my pregnancy weight! I still can't believe I weigh as much as I did full term!!!! So that is why my posting today is about fitness.

I was surfing around the internet and come across (don't ask me how) this really great website for women who are looking to get pregnant, are pregnant right now, or have kids already and want to be healthy. The site is called Tight Bod with a Pod . It's a fun website all about fitness and health tips for moms or moms-to-be. You can sign up for their email updates (and I suggest that you do) and they send you great tips and recipes. They even have suggestions and resources on how to start mommy fitness groups in your area. Anyways, it's a great site and I hope you check it out.

So on to my next announcement. This one is exciting for me and I hope it ends well. Here is goes: I have started and will continue to do P90X!!! If you haven't seen the infomercials then let me explain. This is an extreme workout routine that is designed to get you in the best shape of your life in just 90 days. So I have been working out an hour or more a day doing push ups, crunches, pull ups, and weight lifting. Now when they say that is it extreme, they are not joking! I am now on week two and going strong (with my husband to help motivate me). I really want to make it the full 90 days and "graduate" from the program. I will keep you updated on my progress and maybe (if I'm brave enough) post some before and after pics. Wish me luck (I'm going to need it!).

I'm Back! (Well kind of)

So it's been a couple of months now since I've "seen the light" on the things that I need to change in my life. And for a while I was doing pretty good. I had a schedule and routine that I was sticking too and I was getting things done! All of a sudden, BAM!!!! Getting sick and two vacations later I can't even remember the definition of routine. How could months of work go down the drain in such a short amount of time? If someone can help me with tips on how to not let this happen again that would be greatly appreciated.

First things first, I have to get myself and my kids back on some sort of schedule: consistent wake up times, eating times, bed times. Second, I need to get back into the habits that I was trying to develop before: shining my sink and following Flylady.

And last but not lest, start blogging again. I have come across some great websites that I want to share. Also more improvements that I'm working on in my life that I would love to include you all on. I have not taken a break from the kitchen either so I have some recipes to share as well. So come back Monday for the start of it all!