I CAN DO THIS- EXERCISING!
Where do I fit exercising into my day? I am not a runner, although I will run if I am being chased.
I actually don’t need to lose weight, I just want to tone up a little and be healthy. I’ve changed the way I cook over the past year for the better, making more vegetables and proteins, less carbohydrates.
So exercising has now made its way up my priority list. But who has time to exercise? I just got an email from my sister-in-law that said at the end of it, that she was going down to her basement gym to work out before her kids woke up- her email was sent at 6 am.
God bless her… but I am not that kinda’ gal. I know I will never wake myself up at 6 am just to exercise. And then I’m busy with my 4-year-old and the house, and playdates, and laundry, and building forts, and life.
Can I trick myself into exercising just a little at a time?
According to the Centers for Disease Control– the answer is,
‘Yes I can’!
Exercising for 10 minutes, three-times-a-day is as good for you as exercising for 30 minutes straight. Huh? Really?
I think… I can do that!
While my son was at preschool I took a break and walked to the bottom of our street and back- it took 10 minutes.
Our neighborhood park is a 10-minute walk away.
My 4-year-old and I were at the mall so when we were finished buying him shoes, I did a lap around the mall at a brisk pace pushing his car stroller (he loved it).
So… I think I can do this!
Wait- if I am walking, carrying a 35 lb. 4-year-old for 5 minutes-
does that count the same?
Hmmm- this could be great-
If I am giving my son ‘horsey rides’ down on all fours for 15 minutes –does that complete my exercise for the day? That’s pretty strenuous and should count double.
If I pick him up 10 times a day and twirl him around that should do it, right?
And when I play soccer with him for 15 minutes twice-a-day that could do it too!
Wait again,
I’m getting ahead of myself.
I’m sticking to 10 minutes 3-times-a-day and I’ll consider the other stuff…
EXTRA EXERCISING!
PERFECT!
An abbreviated version of this can be read at DC Metro Moms Blog.
MY NOD FROM GRACO
For the first time ever, I am a ‘Graco Monthly Nod’ Winner.
My ‘Rules of the Easter Bunny’ (scroll down) was one of the Graco Blog Team’s favorite blog postings in March (pause for applause).
Read below about my Easter Bunny rules, if you haven’t gotten a chance yet, and go to the Graco Blog’s Monthly Nod Winners Page for some great blog posts!
BananaBlueberry
Welcome to BananaBlueberry! Bananas are good for you. Blueberries are great for you. Kids love them both. This BananaBlueberry world is all good stuff for you.
Life is sometimes hard, but at BananaBlueberry the emphasis is on celebrating the little victories (pottytraining) and the big victories (a new career, the birth of a child… pottytraining).
Calm takes just a little more strength than crazy. Life is for celebrating and enjoying, not denouncing and being downcast about. Don’t keep score and don’t keep track of what you’re due. Listen more. And love.
And while doing all that, if we can pass on great information on shoes, bags and how to organize a street happy hour- then let’s do this!
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