Ever walk into your laundry room and slip on recyclables?
Common occurrence here.
My little Radar loves to sneak in there & pull all the cans out to bang on whatever surface he can reach.
It's his "Pot of Gold"
Remember my Nemesis? (Pepsi Max)
Yeah- he's one rich 'lil guy.
But I was a little annoyed w/the clink and clank at my feet while carrying arms full of laundry to and from there.
Easy fix. Take them out to the blue "out of sight, out of mind" can outside.
As I was returning victorious with one more random thing checked off my list,
my day got even better.
My little buddy was home from school!
With the super charged ball of energy bouncing my way, blonde hair whipping in the wind,
"Mommy?! Can we go to the gym w/Mindy?"
She seemed so desperate. Huh...you'd think I said "no" a lot.
It's not that she wanted me to get in shape.
No, No, No!
Her motives were completely focused on hanging out with her best friend.
No matter! I was totally game!
So, we made a completely spontaneous Hop Skip & a Jump to the gym w/our awesome friends.
How brilliant is it to be able to work out when your baby is awake?!
And to have so many death machines & weights at your disposal?
And to have a good friend to push you!
Awesome Rockin' good times!
Kids got to play - Mommies got to sweat in their Pj's/Warm Up Suits!
I sooooo needed that too!
Great workout!
But it got cut short b/c my sweet 'lil - attached at the hip Radar - realized I was no longer present.
Crap!
I'm a sucker. He's my baby. It breaks my heart to see him so sad. So...
Day 3 of my 5 day Grrrr Workout Week.
LOTS of squats, lunges, weight lifting, core exercises.
Total time?
I have no idea. I wasn't tracking.
Oh...and like 5 minutes on the elliptical. That's when his sad little face broke my heart and I just had to go to him. *Sad Face*
But we had Muscle Failure and that's gooood.
Looking forward to REALLY kickin' my bootay tomorrow!
K people - I wanna hear how you're workouts are going.
It's still considered a workout even if it's
a bike ride with the kids
a walk pushing a stroller
(6 miles CNC...that's so freakin' good!)
Tennis, basketball, soccer, etc...
You don't have to intentionally go into it for the work out.
Take 15 minutes and do some core.
Do squats and lunges when you're walking through your house.
Get up & do something!!!
Sweat a little in those Pj's!
And tell me!
Night all!
:)
Syndee
I Agree! It was awesome!
ReplyDeleteI wish we could have kept going, but it was a nice taste of a work-out with you.
You should be a personal trainer!
You're motivating!
Love ya!
Here's to many-a-more workout with you!
MJ
xoxo
Many many many more workouts!
ReplyDeleteI wish we coulda kept going too! And I could NOT be a personal trainer. I love junk food too much. ha! So glad you like working out w/me! I hope we get to do Spin together! Would love to hate it!!!
it's been a rough week (two weeks?) I loose track of time inside my house. Not only have i had appointments for my son with the speach therapist but also with the occupational therapist and I'm dealing with the realities of "sensory integration" and what all that means and the fact that my family obviously doesn't understand or believe. To make matters worse it took an entire week to fill a perscription for my new adhd med, good news is that we're on day 2 and i'm not allergic! BONUS it seems to be working without triggering a migraine. However, In the last few weeks I must humble myself to admit I havn't been on top of my game. With all the appointments and the evaluations and what not I've only walked up the hill twice. Our nightly walks have gotten shorter probably because I didn't have an accurate pedometer to tell me how far I was really going and my son was getting cranky. But the good news is that I got a Schwinn bike pedometer and rednecked it onto the stroller, so now I know when I'm slacking. The bad news...that means I now know that going up the hill and back is really only 2.04 miles. MAN it feels so much farther than that in the heat, humidity and sunlight when you're wearing black yoga pants 'cause you forgot to shave your legs! lol I've really got to stop taking my grooming tips from a Wooly Mammoth.
ReplyDeleteAnd the loop I was walking at night when I was slacking was only a mile and a half. So that is a downer, cause I was really hoping that I was doing at least 2 miles as a slacker considdering my goal is 3 miles of walking so I can work up to actual running.
But hey, we live and we learn. And maybe it counts as a work out if in a bout of insomnia the other night I (or rather the pesky Irish Fairies) rearranged my living room furniture all by themselves so that my husband woke up in the morning wondering if maybe he wasn't in the wrong house. Those silly Irish Fairies are always playing mischievious tricks on people. My husband is still wondering how the 5 piece entertainment center and 46 inch tv were moved. hrm...
I am still trying to figure out this whole blog thing. I don't know how exactly to navigate it, or to post my own stuff. until then you will get long comments. and you'll only get them on non-headache days as the computer sometimes gives me headaches or makes them worse. but when i can i will.and you do motivate me lady. one of these days i will get the hang of this mom/wife thing.