After writing my post “Why I Love Being A Fit Mom And How You Can Become One Too” I had a fair number of comments from readers wanting to get back into shape.
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I remember being one of the ‘wanters’. I was fit up until the year I had my first child. He had horrible colic and rarely slept more than 1 to 2 hours at a time at night until he was 6 months old; in fact, he did not start sleeping through the night with any regularity until he was 4 years old.
Working out was not an option since I had read in numerous places that new moms should not pursue a fitness program unless they are sleeping for at least 5 hours at a stretch most nights.
Baby number 2 was a bit better at sleeping, but baby number 3 followed him pretty quickly and she was another colicky baby. However, she did start sleeping through the night by the age of 2.
By this time, 8 years of infrequent exercise and sleep had left me little endurance and energy. The final return of regular, full nights of sleep made me realize I could now start working out regularly again, but how did I begin? Where did I fit in a workout in my day as a mom? How could I afford to work out? How did I create a routine I could stick to?
This week I plan to share the ways I was able to make it work in my life and I hope that they help those moms out there who desire to either be fit for the first time or return to fit.
This is the landing page of the series. It hast all 6 links to all 6 posts, making it easy to access the entire series with just one pin to your Pinterest boards.
1. The Number One Secret To Creating A Fitness Plan That Sticks
2. 5 Ways To Make Fitness A Priority
3. Ways Your Friends Can Keep You Fit
4. The Number One Killer Of Sticking To A Fitness Plan
5. 10 Ways Thrifty People Exercise
6. Fitness Motivation From Around The Web
What I used To Get Back Into Shape
I started getting back into shape all those years ago with walking. However, with little children in the home and a hubby who worked long hours sometimes getting out for a walk wasn’t possible. On those days I used walking DVD’s –kind of corny I know but they worked. When I got into better shape I switched to something more intense.
Of course now a days you can find a tonne of excellent at home workouts on Pinterest (here is my at home workout board) . All you need to get started is a workout mat and perhaps a few hand weights.
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Looking forward to this series. As a homeschooling mom, I can come up with plenty of excuses as to why I can’t find the time for exercise. But I know I need to. Thanks for the motivation.
I can’t wait to read this series! I’ve been struggling between having my youngest son home full-time and dealing with a series of running injuries.