Hello to all of my family and friends and thank you for signing up to follow my thoughts. Today I am targeting my thoughts to my Fellow Mommas out there. I don’t know about you guys, but the main three thoughts that whirled through my head constantly after having my boys were as follows (not always in this order):
1. I never thought I could love someone so much!
2. Will I ever sleep again?
3. Will I ever get my A$$ back into shape??
So, after about a year or so after my second son was born # 3 definitely became the focus in my mind. My hubbie and I had just picked up the family and moved to Yorba Linda, AKA The Land of Gracious Living. Now, even though I have lots of friends and was familiar with the area it was still a culture shock for this La Mirada gal. Already feeling a bit insecure about my weight and body.. going to Target or even the grocery store became intimidating for me because the majority of the YL ladies are Amazingly and Totally Beautiful.. ALL of the time! Now, some of my closest buddies live in YL and please do not take this as an insult, on the contrary I am thanking you because it helped get my butt into gear and start doing something about the horrible “feelings” of insecurity I started having.
That is when I had to do some serious soul searching.. when is a full-time-working-mother-of 2-toddler-boys-wife going to find time to exercise!??! For me, it became my lunch hour because I was (and am) WAY to dog-ass-tired to do anything in the evenings after a long day of work. I started going to the LAFitness near work twice a week just to get some momentum. That is when I saw Herman for the first time. Herman changed my life...
Herman is a Personal Trainer at LAFitness and after we met and I learned his philosophies on health and fitness I quickly signed up for his twice a week program. He taught me so much about targeting certain areas of my body and more than anything.. held me accountable!! Herman was all business and very professional as well as completely supportive and encouraging. He understood that I was only there for 30 minutes twice a week, but during that time I was ALL business and he took my goals very seriously. Here is what I learned in my 15 months (16” total body mass and 5% body fat loss!!) with Herman:
1. It is the best motivation to have someone hold you accountable - when I worked out alone I would stop after I got tired. With Herman, I did not stop until it HURT! If you are NOT a lil bit or majorly sore then it was NOT a good workout.
2. Do NOT constantly weigh yourself.. go by how you feel and how your clothes fit (or in my case what my husband was saying!)
3. I CAN workout 3-4 times a week and actually enjoy it!
4. Doing monthly measurements is a good thing! (I will go into more details about this when I address my eating habits in a future blog..)
I know that Personal Training is not an option for everyone because of the money it costs.. but NOT because of the time it takes. I firmly believe that you can always find the time to exercise. You can employ some of these same techniques I mention above even without a trainer. Pick something you enjoy, mix it up but always find time for yourself at least 3 times a week, make sure you are occasionally sore and have your husband/friend/significant other hold you accountable and do monthly measurements to see those results! It CAN be done. : )
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