POST-PARTUM PACK - October 17

Hi mums out there!

- what do you do?
- how do you fit exercise into your busy schedule?
- have you always been active, or is this new for you?

Until maternity leave finishes I'm a housewife.. mum of Andrés (16 weeks today, aww he's so gorgeous...) and I just got the job of Admin assistant in a college when I was about to marry, and right after the wedding arrived the baby, just when I got FIT for the first time in my life.

I do have to carry 16lbs of baby everyday like at least 60 mins.. but when it was sunny I used to walk into town as fast as I could manage with the pram (there is no log on activity for that, so I log it as Walking, very brisk pace, but I guess pushing the pram also adds). I live in England and weather here is hardly ever nice in autumn winter... so I don't feel motivated to go out for my long walks (at least 60 mins) so now I bought new Work outs, as the one I used to do before the wedding is a loads of jumps, and I still find hard to control the bladder after 30 mins of jumping! so in the end I decided to invest in new targeted dvds for abs!! and also for dancing, to see if I feel more motivated, and so far I've been doing them every day since I bought them.. at least 40 mins. They are 10 mins mini work outs, and I find it less stressful to do them... because the reason why I wasn't doing my work out is because they were 20 mins long, and I didn't want to start it and leave it up when baby wakes up from his nap. And he sleeps no more than 3 hours during the day, so not much time. So if at the end of the first, the baby is still asleep then I do another one, and then another one... and well.. until I get tired! .

Also.. I like to keep the house tidy and clean and I take like a challenge to clean it as fast as possible, so I run like a mad person up and down the stairs to put all the things where they belong, sweep, mop, fold clothes, and all that, I do it in 2 hours... and then I add it as vigorous effort. Don't be shocked if you see in my diary.. Walking upstairs... I log it, because the nursery is upstairs, and I do tend to always go to his room to change his nappy, I did it on purpose so I would have to force myself to go upstairs every single time I have to change his nappy!:D

And well.. any mum is welcome to add me as a friend, and read my blog where you can find pics of me before and after pregnancy. And me NOW! And also I like to add some tips about food that REALLY helps to lose weight!:D


When I was a child I did loads of sports, not very successfully but graciously enough to be healthy and fit until I reached 20.. then I started living by myself... then going back home, study abroad again.. then I got quite overweight.. but I´ve been like everybody up and down. The biggest I've been is 10st 6lbs..(1 st = 14lb, I'm just writing this quick as hubby is waiting for me in bed already!) (or 68 kilos!) and 61 the slimmest in a good patch. I managed to lose all those kilos or lbs before the wedding.. and be 59 and fit! but I fell pregnant straight away..

Carolina, a pram is like our strollers with a bassinet, where the baby can lie down. A regular stroller (sitting up) is called a pushchair or a buggy.

This "being active" week is not working out for me, as I seriously injured my back on Sunday. I'm in a lot of pain, and lifting babies is NOT helping. I can't fathom the idea of working out right now. Boooooooo!

I have fallen off the weight loss wagon since Saturday. I've been eating too much and not exercising at all. Not that I get alot of exercise to begin with. I'm mad at myself but time to get back on track.

For exercise I go for walks or use the treadmill. That's it. I usually do both for about 20 minutes. I know I should go longer but I get so bored. If I had someone to walk with me it wouldn't be so bad. Well, I do take my two year old in his stroller but he's not much for conversation other than pointing at every vehicle we see and telling me what it is. lol. My hubby goes with me once in a while and my 11 year old is too cool to be seen with me. :laugh: With it getting colder I will have to use the treadmill more but that is boring as well.

OK, so I know I need to step it up. I have a few dvd's. I like the Walk Away the Pounds dvd so I will start doing that a few times a week. I also have 30 Day Shred. I did that one for a couple of weeks and felt like I was gonna die. I also have one that is pretty fun.

Thanks to you all. You are inspiring me to do more! :flowerforyou:

Tell us about your exercise regimen:
- what do you do?
I have been switching up my exercise routine a lot lately but I think I have found something I like.
I try and run at least 3 miles a day and then do 30DS every other day for strength training.

- how do you fit exercise into your busy schedule?
I am home with my kids for now, so I usually do it before they wake up or while they are napping.

- have you always been active, or is this new for you?
It's fairly new. I was taking martial art class and going to the gym daily a couple years ago and I was looking great, but then kiddos came along and I feel like I am starting all over again.

What a great group of mommies.

Well, I didn't exactly follow through on my plan to get up early and exercise while my husband was home (DS woke up at 3 and didn't go back to sleep until 7). My husband and I were so tired, we just fell asleep until it was almost time for him to leave. But, because I had promised this group that I would get back on the wagon, I made sure I did something anyway. I did C25k with my son in his jumperoo, and ran around him in circles, making him giggle. Then we both did tummy time! (him on his activity mat and me on my yoga mat)

It really helped me today to not only promise myself to exercise, but to promise myself I would have to confess to all of you if I didn't!!

Ow! I hate it when they do that! (Bite you!)

I also find it frustrating when the babies change their routines and mess up your plans. I tried to go for a long walk yesterday but my little guy wasn't having ANY of it and I had to turn around and come home...

Hi ladies! My back is much better (yay!) but now I'm fighting a cold. Booooo!

But I'm hoping to take the boys down on the trail with the all-terrain stroller today. That's an hour of pushing 80lbs up big hills, and never fails to make me feel like I'm going to have a heart attack. I was hoping to go to deep water aquafit last night, but spent the evening in bed watching documentaries on my iPad.

I figure that by Sunday I'll be back at the gym lifting and running and rowing and stuff again. I can't wait until our renos are done, then I can work out at home again! There's some stuff I still love doing at the gym, but it would be nice not to have to leave the boys all the time to work out.

I'm very lucky in that having a nanny during the day makes my life very flexible, but she's going away for 6 weeks and I'm trying to figure out what my schedule will be so I can fit exercise into it. Nap times will be key, I think!

I am a mom to two wonderful kids; an almost four year old girl who just started school this year and a 2 1/2 month old boy. A little over a year ago I decided I wanted to be more active. I have struggled with my weight almost my whole life so I decided I was ready to change that.

My daughter is very active - she is in organized activities 5 days a week so our schedule is crazy! In August of last year we started her in karate, which she LOVES. The dojo where she practices also has adult fitness classes - cardio-kickboxing, TRX, bootcamp. I started taking the kickboxing classes at the same time as her karate two days a week and found I absolutely loved it! It was a great motivator to be in the same place at the same time as my daughter's karate class because I had no excuse to not go to class. So I got to the point where I was 25-30 pounds away from my goal weight, and then I found out I was pregnant. I continued with the kickboxing until three days before my son was born and felt great my entire pregnancy. I was back at it as soon as he turned 6 weeks and I got the go ahead to start working out again. I found I really missed it during my time off.

Now that I am off work for a year I am packing as much activity into my schedule as possible. I joined a weight-loss challenge with some friends and friends of friends and I am doing everything I can to win, but I did not decide to get active just to win the challenge. I decided to get active and lose weight and the weight-loss challenge just happened to present itself at the right time. I go kickboxing 2-3 days a week, I joined a strollerfit class once a week and I started with a personal trainer once a week at the dojo where I do kickboxing - and she is kicking my butt!

I have found that while I originally thought I didn't like working out, (I get bored, I find working out to videos not very motivating), I actually quite enjoy exercising - all it took was finding something I enjoy doing where there are people that can motivate me.

I make my health a priority. I make time in my schedule for exercise because I have to in order to get to where I want to be. I know the few hours a week exercise is taking me away from my kids is making me so much healthier so that I can be active with my kids and set a good example and we can have more fun when we spend time together.