Sabotaged by Toddlers
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What can I say?!? It's sabotage...
- I put in a dance exercise video - the one-year-old clings to my legs while the three-year-old shouts "Mommy, No Dancing!"
- I do Pilates and they climb on my back and jump on to my tummy.
- I put them in the stroller to go out for a run...they fling things onto the ground, demand juice and insist on getting out and running themselves.
- They steal my shoes and sports bras.
- Refusing to eat kale, sweet potatoes, zucchini, spaghetti squash or beans, they insist on rice, chicken breast and/or pizza.
- They take my cooking utensils out of the drawers and hide them among their toys.
- I can't find my HRM.
- If I pre-portion my food, they insist on eating half of it.
- If I log in to MFP, they insist on using the computer to watch Dora.
- Not to mention that I put on the weight during pregnancy.
- When I try to sneak out of the house to exercise in the morning, they are sure to wake up. If I try to do it after they go to bed, they will be up and down all night.
- I put in a dance exercise video - the one-year-old clings to my legs while the three-year-old shouts "Mommy, No Dancing!"
- I do Pilates and they climb on my back and jump on to my tummy.
- I put them in the stroller to go out for a run...they fling things onto the ground, demand juice and insist on getting out and running themselves.
- They steal my shoes and sports bras.
- Refusing to eat kale, sweet potatoes, zucchini, spaghetti squash or beans, they insist on rice, chicken breast and/or pizza.
- They take my cooking utensils out of the drawers and hide them among their toys.
- I can't find my HRM.
- If I pre-portion my food, they insist on eating half of it.
- If I log in to MFP, they insist on using the computer to watch Dora.
- Not to mention that I put on the weight during pregnancy.
- When I try to sneak out of the house to exercise in the morning, they are sure to wake up. If I try to do it after they go to bed, they will be up and down all night.
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Take them to the gym, toss them in the lions cage with all the other toddlers, and book it before they know what the F just happened. You're welcome.0
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I heard duct-taping toddlers to walls can work wonders......
And before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm not serious.
But I would suggest a baby-sitter so you can work out without babies trying to kill you by jumping all over you. Are you sure they're not trying to kill you? Toddlers can be evil. Ever seen or read Pet Cemetery? :laugh:0 -
They make duct tape in fun colors and patterns too...0
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I love this!!!! lol0
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this sounds exactly like my nephews, except they're a lot better about eating veggies0
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Nyquil. You're welcome!0
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You should meet a good friend of mine... Jack Daniels.0
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I know the feeling so I started sitting mine down with an activity and telling them this is Mommys time cause it makes me do a better job, they seem pretty okay with it about 75% of the time. The rest they are crawling under my downward dogs.0
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Not to quote Dr Phil but, sounds like the tail is wagging the dog...BE the adult.0
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This is so funny and true. I have a 14 m old who is extremely active, she runs around with my HRM all the time even though it smells gross? and she always wakes up when I try to workout and she actually stole the apple I was eating today and ran around with it eating it. She is one of my inspirations though and I love her!0
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your too funny!! I have 4 kids but 1 toddler so I get it! you just gotta do it and hope they let you do it..can you strap them both in the stroller and walk/run? Never let them win!!0
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I heard duct-taping toddlers to walls can work wonders......
And before anyone jumps down my throat, I'm not serious.
But I would suggest a baby-sitter so you can work out without babies trying to kill you by jumping all over you. Are you sure they're not trying to kill you? Toddlers can be evil. Ever seen or read Pet Cemetery? :laugh:
I think someone did that not too long ago and went to jail.
ETA: Actually, that's not the story I was thinking of. That crazy b1tch beat her child and superglued her to the wall. :noway: But some people did duct tape their kid to a wall and they also went to jail.0 -
Double LOL...one at you Varda cause you are awesome and made me smile
and two...
At the people who are actually taking this seriously.0 -
What can I say?!? It's sabotage...
- I put in a dance exercise video - the one-year-old clings to my legs while the three-year-old shouts "Mommy, No Dancing!"
- I do Pilates and they climb on my back and jump on to my tummy.
- I put them in the stroller to go out for a run...they fling things onto the ground, demand juice and insist on getting out and running themselves.
- They steal my shoes and sports bras.
- Refusing to eat kale, sweet potatoes, zucchini, spaghetti squash or beans, they insist on rice, chicken breast and/or pizza.
- They take my cooking utensils out of the drawers and hide them among their toys.
- I can't find my HRM.
- If I pre-portion my food, they insist on eating half of it.
- If I log in to MFP, they insist on using the computer to watch Dora.
- Not to mention that I put on the weight during pregnancy.
- When I try to sneak out of the house to exercise in the morning, they are sure to wake up. If I try to do it after they go to bed, they will be up and down all night.
Seriously--if you are doing cardio just to burn calories, you don't actually need to bother. Depending on how heavy you are, you burn A LOT of calories in taking care of toddlers. Weight-lifting for 20-30 minutes three times a week might do more for you than a bunch of cardio. But, if you like cardio, then you probably should think about babysitting.0 -
I have 17-month-old twins and ALL they want to eat is fruits and vegetables. I have started resorting to Cheez-its to get something else into their systems. (The all-produce diet is chock full of nutrients but not so nice for the toddler digestive system.)
I was doing P90X while they ran around the house until one of them almost got a face-full of dumbbell. And oh how I miss the days when they would fall asleep (not scream and cry) in the stroller during runs. Having to run two miles back to the car while they complained at the top of their lungs was juuuuuuust crappy enough to convince me not to try that again.0 -
Not to quote Dr Phil but, sounds like the tail is wagging the dog...BE the adult.
yep 100%0 -
Not to quote Dr Phil but, sounds like the tail is wagging the dog...BE the adult.
yep 100%
Yeah this is posted in "Fun" for a reason.0 -
I love this post! I am going to start trying some short Pilates and yoga workouts on the iPad while she is playing. Like 15 min or so at a time. I am hoping in time my 21 month old will join me...without jumping on me!0
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sneak up behind you when you're on all fours and end up with your foot in their face.
eat ALL the fruit in the house.
throw the stones out of the fireplace while you're trying to do jumping jacks.
Steal your water bottle when you're not looking.
Grab the remote and change channel while you're doing your dvd workout.
sneak upstairs and empty out all the shampoo bottles on the bathroom floor while you're busy exercising.
on the plus side it too cute watching my 2 and 4yr old trying to do insanity moves.0 -
totally my story....altho most days, i get up early and workout while hubby dear is at home , in case they wake up. Whenever, i try to do some toning exerciese, they wanna do it with me.
But then i think, in a way it is gud tht they r getting the sense of exercising and healthy eating early on in their lives...unlike me.0 -
I have 4 year old twin boys and this all sounds familiar. We are members of the local YMCA and they have babysitting while you work out. My boys have been going for quite a while and love it.
When they were young, I would take them to a baseball field that wasn't in use. It was great since they are almost always fenced in and large, so I would play with them, or set them up with baseballs and bats and I could run around the perimerer of the field.0 -
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Yes!! My 13 month old tackles me when I'm trying to do yoga and also clinging to my legs or walking through them!0
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Yep, I think toddlerhood went by in a big whoosh for me!
Our 11 year old son gave me a basketball for my b-day...so all those hours of leaving him with DH while I went to the gym have paid off...cause he thinks Mom is that fit!0 -
I usually workout in front of the tv while my 2 year old eats breakfast and watches Netflix on my computer 3 feet away. He's pretty good for the most part but lately he insists that I am creating a "bridge" just for him when I am doing some of the Insanity exercises or stretches. He also constantly gets in my way when I dance with the Kinect, which then adds another player or pauses the game. Drives me crazy. When we go for a long walk, he knows I won't let him out of the stroller but I bring snacks and let him play on my phone or his Leappad when the walk starts to bore him.0
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Two words: nap time.0
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Take them to the gym, toss them in the lions cage with all the other toddlers, and book it before they know what the F just happened. You're welcome.
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