In sugar, anyhow. Having been diagnosed with prediabetes several years ago you’d think I’d know better, but I don’t. I give in to the cravings. *sigh*
Why do some people find it so easy to eat well and exercise often and others, like me, don’t even think about it? Or we think about it and put it off, save it for another day, or we’ll be good for awhile and then go back to all the bad habits…
I need a personal trainer, a personal chef and a personal lifestyle coach or something. ugh. People to keep me out of the kitchen, in the gym and off my butt. Surely I can write while striding on a treadmill!
I could swim. It’s even free, if you don’t count the gas money to drive there. Every time I go I’m the only adult with my two kids, so I end up having to hover around X. And lately he hasn’t been wanting to move from the shallow end. It’s very frustrating.
I could walk. It’s free too, and my neighborhood has sidewalks. The weather’s pretty nice. I have to take X. He walks slowly. So I walk slowly. And feel like falling asleep as I walk. It’s frustrating too.
How do any moms get in shape while having kids? If you have any suggestions I’d love to hear them. I’ve tried pilates videos at home, and invariably throw my back out when I do them. I’ve tired bellydancing videos at home, but after one of my daughter’s friends laughed at me while I was doing one, I feel awkward doing it. Kids can be so cruel.
This is a pity party. It’s following my sugar-binge day yesterday. Tomorrow will probably be yet another day of self destructive behavior and then I’ll get over it. Or not. Who knows? The winter doldrums are here?
Today’s the shortest day of the year. Winter Solstice. I’m stuck in a halfway place where I want to celebrate Solstice with rituals and festivities but I also treasure my Christian based Christmas celebrations. What to do? I can’t reject all of my families’ traditions. They mean something to me beyond any religious holiday. Then again, I’m not sure the Solstice can qualify as a religious holiday for me.
I’m not atheist, I don’t think I’m agnostic….pretty sure I’m not Christian. But I’m not sure what I am. Another source of frustration for me.
December 21st, 2007 at 1:24 pm - Edit
I am so right there with you, struggling with sugar addiction and the conflicting “religious” beliefs. Christian, Pagan, heaven, earth, spiritual, carnal – what in the hell am I?
December 21st, 2007 at 3:26 pm - Edit
keep in mind that you can combine your family traditions with Toph’s family traditions with Solstice … and that’s perfectly reasonable.
My friends with kids either do one of those parent-and-kid exercise classes (our county has a few and they tend to be fairly inexpensive), do the gym-with-childcare thing (expensive), or coordinate something with their SO /someone else so they can take an exercise class or whatever without the kid[s]. One friend of mine goes biking with his son. Slow, but not as boring as walking?
December 21st, 2007 at 4:15 pm - Edit
Those are all good ideas, Jess, and ones that we’ve looked into before. I used to walk by myself when Xavi was a little baby. But Toph worked 2nd shift then and it was easier to find the time.
We just don’t have the $$ to go to a gym right now, though. And that goes for other exercise classes I’ve seen. *sigh*
I’ll keep looking.
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:39 am - Edit
First off, I say celebrate whatever feels most comfortable for you . . . if it be Christian-based, so be it. It if be something else, go for it. Do whatever it is the pulls out the true SPIRIT of the season for you.
As for getting in shape . . . I’ve sorta given up on traditional exercise. I just don’t have time (and I only have ONE!). I grab J and do squats in the living room. I go for walks (even the mall counts). I do modified push ups and sit ups. Sometimes I park J on my legs. I’ve taken to simple hand weights and simple moves that I make myself do if I find the time to actually watch TV. I do it during Grey’s Anatomy, Ugly Betty, Good Morning America. I made a rule that if I’m in front of the TV, I must move (unless its a late movie that I finally get to watch with hubby).
As a former personal trainer, all I can say is move. Move. And then, move some more. Wear a pedometer (they’re cheap) around the house or when going out and aim to do more steps each day. There are a lot of sites out there that will help you log your daily steps.
You don’t have to make it hard or complicated for yourself. And, it doesn’t have to cost you anything but a little time here and there. Your goal is just to do something . . . Good luck! Yikes, something else to add to a busy schedule!
December 22nd, 2007 at 1:03 pm - Edit
Those are all good suggestions, Laskigal. I don’t sit and watch TV much. When I’m on the computer for extended periods I do get up and dance to my music or do chores often. I don’t sit still for long.
It’s not that I’m trying to make it hard or complicated…I guess it’s that I don’t know what to do.
Topher and I are getting serious about stuff, so we’ll get it figured out.