I am by no means a fitness expert. I am not super fit, or skinny, or have an awesome body....boy do I wish I did, lol. I am, however, a person who does care about my health. When Jeremy and I first married we ran, hiked, rode bikes, and roller bladed together all the time. We had only healthy food in our pantry and fridge. It was just how we were! Jeremy's sister often tells about the time when she was in high school and she stayed at our house while we were on vacation. The closest thing she could find to a "snack" was yogurt. She couldn't believe we didn't have anything sugary in our house.
I got so sick during my pregnancy with Macy, and then had preeclampsia and was not able to work out. So that part of my health was fading. Then my healthy eating started fading as well. After Macy was born, I was just trying to make it through the day. During hospital stays we started finding comfort in sneaking down to McDonalds on the first floor at Riley, and getting milk and cookies. We found comfort in running down in the morning to grab a hot chocolate. Once home from hospital stays, there were many days that I came home from working full-time, had marathon feedings with Macy just to get her to take 3 oz., cleaned up her vomits 3 plus times, suctioned her trach 20 times in one evening all before putting her down for bed. Knowing that I had to suction her again in the middle of the night, re-attach her leads from her monitors when they came off over night, and refill the water in her humidity machine at least once in the night, allowed me to think I deserved any snack I wanted! This may be an excuse, but to this day I do think I deserved some kind of relief. Relying on food probably wasn't my best choice, but at the time I had no other outlet. After doing that for so long, you start to get used to eating that way....or allowing yourself to think you deserve that unhealthy snack,
I am not going to lie that I have struggled throughout the years with going through phases where I don't quite eat how I should or exercise like I should. I'm human! I have really been working on eating much better for a couple of years now, but exercise wasn't always a part. In February, Jeremy and I decided it was a must! We've been working out 6-7 days a week since. It is hard, it is time consuming, and there are times that I don't feel like it. Knowing that I have a workout partner and someone to hold me accountable has been such a critical piece to all of this. Jeremy and I have been supporting each other on a daily basis. We do our cardio workouts separate, and our strength training together.
Here is what works for us:
We've done P90x, and still have the DVDs, so sometimes we use them for some of our workouts. My mom also introduced us to Tabata style workouts and Fit Crew style workouts. We do these as well.
Sunday: Choose from either a Core workout, Kenpo workout, or full body Tabata workout.
Monday: Cardio
Tuesday: Lower body strength training
Wednesday: Cardio
Thursday: Upper body strength training
Friday: Cardio
Saturday: Day off, or long walk
We try the best we can to stick to this schedule, but there are just some days that we have to switch things around. We've had a lot of fun working out at the lake this summer. We use the hill to do hill climbs and we kayak across the lake. It's been a lot of fun to take things around us and turn them into a part of fitness.
One of the best parts about being physically active is that our girls often join in on our workouts. They are so cute trying to do push ups, lunges, and weight lifting. I want my girls to know that people don't just workout to look good, they workout as part of their total health! I want it to be a part of their lives!
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