working out

If Snooki Can Do It, So Can I

January 19, 2011 By Blonde Mom 15 Comments

Meet my new office chair.

I’m hoping it gives me Brooke Burke abs (I just realized she is only two years younger than me…wow) or at least makes me a little more confident when I have to wear a bathing suit in public, which will happen at some point this year. My girls love to swim and we’re going to beautiful Jekyll Island, Georgia, this summer. Spring break is also in 8 weeks and although we just have a staycation planned I think 8 weeks is a good, realistic, goal for focusing on fitness.

So, over the next 8 weeks I’m trying to snack well, drink less wine (sob), get at least 40 minutes of exercise 4 days a week, drink more water, and watch my portions. I listened to a radio interview with Snooki last week (do not judge!) and she was complaining about her wellness regime to Ryan Seacrest. If Snooki can give up her Long Islands, then I can give up my wine. BUT NOT ON THE WEEKENDS or I might get all Jersey Shore crazy or sumpin’.

I have two very active little girls who have more energy in their pinkie toes than I do in my entire body so I need to boost my metabolism and if it takes an obnoxious green ball to get me going then so be it.

Do you have suggestions for good 20 to 30-minute workout DVDs? That’s about all I can handle. I’m also curious about Zumba for the Wii. Love it, hate it? I have exercise ADD so it’s got to be fun to keep me interested!

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The Forty Fifteen

August 4, 2010 By Blonde Mom 10 Comments

I never gained the Freshman Fifteen, you know the 15 pounds women tend to pack on their first year of college because they’re living on pizza, beer, and powdered donuts from the corner gas station.

No, I waited until after Miss A was born and my metabolism dropped off the face of the earth. Or maybe it’s just because I started blogging that year. Ahem. I’m sure there is NO correlation.

At one point this summer I was inching in steadily on gaining almost 15 pounds over the course of 5 years. 15 pounds in 5 years. Maybe that doesn’t sound like a lot to you, but these were stealth pounds slowly and methodically attaching themselves to my rear end. And no, I don’t consider myself overweight and I am a fairly petite person, but honestly FIFTEEN POUNDS IN FIVE YEARS?! When you’re 5 foot 2 that is just a considerable amount of weight to distribute. Also? I wasn’t about to start buying bigger size clothing.

I’ve been trying to exercise more this summer and watching what I eat sort of half heartedly (oh I’ll have a burger and not a cheeseburger, yawn) but the real clincher was when I saw myself being interviewed on TV last month.

Let me tell ya’ll, vanity hath no fury like a woman who sees her tired, puffy self on TV. (Oh darn…the video is no longer online.)

I have kicked up the exercise a notch, walking in the mornings and night, and I’ve been counting calories. Wow it turns out that actually eating LESS and exercising MORE works. What a novel concept!

I weighed this morning and I’m down 6 pounds.

Take that Forty Fifteen!

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As The Thighs Burn

June 25, 2010 By Blonde Mom 9 Comments

The girls have been at my inlaws this week attending Vacation Bible School (aka free day camp with Jesus) with their cousins. I’ve missed them, my husband has missed them, and even Jack the dog curled up nightly on the floor by Miss C’s bed.

Still, when your kids head to the grandparents for a few nights and you realize you’ll have the house to yourselves there’s a little bit of Risky Business dancing around the house action that ensues. It’s like you’re 17 again and your parents announce they’re going out for the night and you’re in charge of the household. In reality you’re 40 and you’re just excited about the prospect of cleaning your 5-year-old’s room and tossing the 2.5 million gumball machine and fast food toys she’s collected over the past 6 months.

You’re also thinking THANK YOU JESUS I can just make myself coffee in the morning and get myself ready for work and not worry about refereeing the short and sassy people for a few days. You can also eat your 5-year-old’s beloved Cheetos, although you must always remember to replace the bag before she returns home.

On a more productive note, one of my must do things this week was to do a little extra working out. I’ve got to burn off those Cheetos!

I dusted off my Shred DVD yesterday and about two minutes into it the sound started cutting off intermittently. Not wanting to lose my momentum (I have fitness ADD and pretty much anything will distract me from exercising…oh look a squirrel on the patio!), I continued to do the workout without stopping the DVD. I’ve done it often enough to hear MWAA HAA HAA HAA SUCKERS!”

Suddenly it occurred to me that working out to her DVD with the sound muted the entire time was nothing short of brilliant.

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