I haven't been on here for awhile and thought I posted my 1 year post baby #2 blog last year after our Mexico trip, buuuuut........apparently I didn't. Whoops! So here it is a whole yr late lol plus the here and now.
After having Rixi I stayed active and hard not to with 2 under 2 at that time. I lost most of my baby weight and toned back up again mainly from these forms of exercise: walking/jogging with the stroller, Kangoo, and at home workout apps such as 8fit, runtastic results, and daily workout apps. The heavy hitter in trimming me down was doing 5 weeks of the hammer and chisel program. I did the workouts starting at 5 weeks pp and never missed a workout until week 6 where I fell off the wagon and quit, never finished the full 8 week program nor did I follow the eating plan. I am hoping once my kids are in school to try the program again. It is seriously so hard to workout like a beast with children and being at the their beck and call all day. How many workouts I end up half assing or quitting because this one needs something or they are fighting etc. I don't enjoy my workouts anymore because of this and cannot afford the gym or babysitter. Plus one kid doesn't nap anymore, so nap times are even off limits. I manage to get my workouts in most weeks depending how the days go and where I am mentally. Some days I am motivated and kick butt, then I have weeks where I lose my mojo. Up down up down.
Lately I have been using our stairs to workout, that way I can get a good workout in and still see what the kids are doing in the living room. It works well for me also the fact that they aren't under my feet this way. Trying to workout in the living room with them is pointless as I am avoiding stomping on them the whole time lol. I think my biggest suggestion for any new mom or moms who been there done that is to try and drink water through the day opposed to juices and sodas. Help flush out the bad. I know all about limited time so my next suggestion is seriously trying out the apps I reviewed here on my blog, esp runtastic results and my favorite "daily workout" apps. If the days are busy you can feel somewhat accomplished by at least getting 5-10 minutes in a day to tone and feel better about yourself. I know I am happier when I get some kind of workout in, esp since I don't do the diet thing.
My next fitness journey I plan on adding to my resume is becoming a piloxing instructor if I can get the training close to me in the next year. Fingers crossed it is a success. Kangoo was fun and I had a good run but the boots can be intimidating to some, stopping them from ever trying the classes, even though they aren't as scary as they look. Also, another thing that made hosting Kangoo difficult was the limited number of boots per size, so limited my class numbers or for people to attend if there weren't enough sizes left for their friends to join too. Hopefully piloxing will be better as more people can join per class and it is less intimidating for new comers.
If you ever have questions shoot me a msg or comment and I would be happy to talk to you :)
Attached is my 1 yr postpartum pics after baby #2 and the now
After having Rixi I stayed active and hard not to with 2 under 2 at that time. I lost most of my baby weight and toned back up again mainly from these forms of exercise: walking/jogging with the stroller, Kangoo, and at home workout apps such as 8fit, runtastic results, and daily workout apps. The heavy hitter in trimming me down was doing 5 weeks of the hammer and chisel program. I did the workouts starting at 5 weeks pp and never missed a workout until week 6 where I fell off the wagon and quit, never finished the full 8 week program nor did I follow the eating plan. I am hoping once my kids are in school to try the program again. It is seriously so hard to workout like a beast with children and being at the their beck and call all day. How many workouts I end up half assing or quitting because this one needs something or they are fighting etc. I don't enjoy my workouts anymore because of this and cannot afford the gym or babysitter. Plus one kid doesn't nap anymore, so nap times are even off limits. I manage to get my workouts in most weeks depending how the days go and where I am mentally. Some days I am motivated and kick butt, then I have weeks where I lose my mojo. Up down up down.
Lately I have been using our stairs to workout, that way I can get a good workout in and still see what the kids are doing in the living room. It works well for me also the fact that they aren't under my feet this way. Trying to workout in the living room with them is pointless as I am avoiding stomping on them the whole time lol. I think my biggest suggestion for any new mom or moms who been there done that is to try and drink water through the day opposed to juices and sodas. Help flush out the bad. I know all about limited time so my next suggestion is seriously trying out the apps I reviewed here on my blog, esp runtastic results and my favorite "daily workout" apps. If the days are busy you can feel somewhat accomplished by at least getting 5-10 minutes in a day to tone and feel better about yourself. I know I am happier when I get some kind of workout in, esp since I don't do the diet thing.
My next fitness journey I plan on adding to my resume is becoming a piloxing instructor if I can get the training close to me in the next year. Fingers crossed it is a success. Kangoo was fun and I had a good run but the boots can be intimidating to some, stopping them from ever trying the classes, even though they aren't as scary as they look. Also, another thing that made hosting Kangoo difficult was the limited number of boots per size, so limited my class numbers or for people to attend if there weren't enough sizes left for their friends to join too. Hopefully piloxing will be better as more people can join per class and it is less intimidating for new comers.
If you ever have questions shoot me a msg or comment and I would be happy to talk to you :)
Attached is my 1 yr postpartum pics after baby #2 and the now