Do you know why Laura Ingles was thin...mainly because she had to walk to school, milk cows, gather eggs, work in the field and carry water from a pump located outside. Modern conviences are great, especially the dishwasher, but they have lightened our load enough that we may not be getting the physical activity we need everyday. I've put together a few exercises that can be done through out your day that will burn extra calories and tone your muscles. (You should be holding your stomach in as you read this!) You can even do them watching TV.
How much energy and thought do we put into entertaining our children, making delicious meals and giving our time to our community? Rhetorical question of course, because we give most of our wellspring to others. While graciously making life good for our loved ones, take a little time here and there for your body...see video below. Get creative with the opportunities to exercise. Please post your ideas so all mommies can benefit from your brillance!
These exercises are intended for healthy individuals. Please consult your doctor before doing any exercises. Email me or write a comment if you have questions.
6 comments:
be honest. that's the messiest your house has EVER been, isn't it? LOL!
great tips, amber!
i seriously think chris would be terrified if he came home and saw me mopping with such ferocity. (honestly, i think the kids would be afraid, too. hahahaha!) all 3 would be thinking that my OCD had finally gone into overdrive and would be looking for a care-home to put me in, FO SHO!
I staged the messy floor! he he
what's sad, is i KNEW you'd staged it. LOL! you knew all too well where everything was when you did this.
(and, you're like me in the fact that if it WASN'T staged, you wouldn't have filmed it. There's just something about REAL messy and PRETEND messy. LOL!)
Oh yeah, as soon as I saw the toys on the floor I thought, she put those there.
Good clean up and laundry tip!
I'm cracking up at the comments...I totally thought the same thing about the toys there!!
Loved the tips though--I find it funny that I tend to do some of those things naturally? Especially the bending to pick things up without bending the knees...I have bad knees (like my mom) so I don't like to bend them if I don't have to.
I'm going to try to do these on purpose now to get my muscles toned!!
Yes, Ms. Clean freak, I too KNEW the mess was staged!!! Still love you though you are a freak of nature! Great tips but I think I would understand them better if you came over and demostrate it all, especially the mopping of the floors, in person at my house! ;-)
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