Fitness Fridays ~ Getting Started

Here it is, the beginning of the year and everyone is setting “resolutions”.  Of course one of the main ones everyone sets is to lose weight. I mentioned I don’t really do resolutions but I do have my theme of consistency this year. I am hoping for consistency in ALL areas of my life, and that includes getting in shape and being fit. So I thought Fitness Fridays here at Wahm Life might help me in that area.

A while back I got a copy of Fit Yummy Mummy. It’s a complete system for busy moms to lose weight and get fit. It’s a great plan and thus far I have had a terrible time getting motivated. Holly ~ the author of the book, has set up a great community called Club Fit Yummy Mummy. In this community, she has just launched a 12 week transformation challenge.  I joined the challenge and I’m STILL having trouble getting motivated!! Today is the last day to officially start the challenge. I have set up my profile and officially entered, but I guess today is the day I have to GET STARTED!!

I went to the zoo with Hanna yesterday, we had planned to meet up a friend of ours with a little girl only 6 weeks older than Hanna. These two have been growing up together. We randomly met another of my friends with 3 kids out front while we were gathering ourselves to go in.

She and I used to work out and do Body for Life together BK (before kids). We talked through the day about working out, and getting in shape. She’s decided to train for a 5k coming up in March. I was talking to her about my lack of motivation in getting started.

The cool thing about Fit Yummy Mummy is it is only 15 MINUTES of working out a day (or you can do 30 minutes 3 days a week ~ the point is 90 MINUTES of working out a week!!) I’m was getting so frustrated with myself for not being able to get my ass up and work out for FIFTEEN MINUTES!!

She mentioned if I could just get started she bets it would be much easier to keep going. I tend to agree. I said, I just wish I had someone who would be like “UH, have you got up off your ass and worked out today?”. She said, well I set up a new peer trainer group, if you want I can do that for you. I think it would be great and we both have had consistency issues when it comes to peer trainer.

It’s so interesting about fitness. I really want to be fitter, stronger, and of course thinner, and yet I find it nearly impossible to get motivated to DO what needs to be done to do it. What’s that about?

Well I count yesterday, I dragged a wagon filled with kids all around the zoo. We were two of the last people there and it was closing time. We’d been talking about working out so we got all the kids in the wagon or in a stroller and FAST walked all the way back to the entrance of the zoo. We were at the back. We were winded pretty quickly but we kept going.

Gotta tell ya, I’m pretty sore today! But that’s a good thing.  If  you are thinking about starting a fitness program I highly suggest Fit Yummy Mummy, it’s a great plan, normal eating, and short workouts. The results have been phenomenal for the people who consistently have stuck to the program. It’s very motivating really.  I think it’s that whole “a body in motion” thing, I just have to get in motion. 🙂

Well it wouldn’t be a day at the zoo if we didn’t take pictures!! I was really proud of Hanna. She’s always been a clingon kid, and yesterday she was running around out and about with all the other kids. She actually climbed the big rock to get on the Lion statue. She has always refused to even try it. We’re getting there. 🙂

“Hanna Queen of Sheba” She’s the smallest kid of the bunch and has all three other kids dragging her around in the wagon. Waving like a beauty queen. Crazy kid!

Silly kids. We had such fun. There are statues all over the park, and the kids had to get their pictures taken at every one. It was great because Hanna usually yells NO when I try that, but with a little instigation from the older kids she was all over it.

First time she’s been willing to get on the “horse” too. It was a good day at the zoo. She also fed the sheep, which is unheard of as well. In this picture she is yelling “Yee Haw” !

And here she is on the lion, Waving like a beauty queen! Where’d she learn that?!?

Ok, well it’s time to get my act together, get motivated and work out!! If you stop by Club Fit Yummy Mummy make sure you add me as a friend ~ I’m momtohanna there too. You have to have a copy of Fit Yummy Mummy if you want to join the challenge. If you do decide to join the challenge let me know, maybe we can be motivational buddies! 🙂

PS.  I did it ~ I got started. Just finished my first Quick Burst Cardio workout. WOO HOO Go me!!