Want to get a gift for someone you know who loves yoga? Or maybe you’re new to yoga and aren’t sure what to get? Here are 5 must have yoga accessories that every budding yogi needs. It’s time to share my favorite health and fitness goodies with you! This week I’m talking all about yoga!…
Self care practices can change your life – if you do them right. Here’s how to make a difference in your well-being. Best Self Care Practices Taking care of your body and mind is super important, and even more so today, with the fast-paced lives that we’re all living. Following certain self care practices can…
Running is a great way to stay in shape and something that you can do all year long, provided you have the right gear. Affiliate links below. If you purchase from a link, I may receive a small commission. Thank you! Don’t stay cooped up inside and miss out on the beautiful scenery and thrill…
If I was thinner and more muscular, I’d be a lot happier. No matter what I do, I will never be able to lose those 10 pounds that haunt my hips. I hate yoga. I tell myself a lot of lies to make excuses for, get out of, and capitalize on situations. We all do….
You guys, it’s been a stressful year. The only thing that’s seemed certain is change – and lots of it. From moving to selling our house (holy shitake mushrooms that was stressful!) to quitting my job of seven years to branch out on my own to enrolling our kids in school after a decade of…
I often find that people think that if you love fitness, that you have to love all of fitness. After all, if you love Pilates you must love to run or do push-ups too, right? Fitness is fitness and exercise is exercise. Ah, yes, well, that’s not true at all. In fact, even though I…
Visual reminders are powerful when it comes to a healthy lifestyle. If you surround yourself with messages of positivity and hope, you’ll find that your attitude becomes more optimistic and hopeful. The opposite is also true, so be careful what messages you’re sending to yourself.
Intrinsic motivation can be a tricky thing – especially when it comes to exercise. We know we should do it, but it’s often a lot easier not to do it in favor of other things. Getting to the point where we’re intrinsically motivated to get up off the sofa or out of bed in the…
We’ll be re-doing our home gym soon and I’ve been scouring Pinterest for ideas. Some are obviously way out of our budget (which is like $200) and some look like they could work. But, since I haven’t ever really designed a fabulous home gym before (I currently workout in a basement with 6 foot ceilings…and…
Some days we roar with our accomplishments, shouting our feats of strength and runs of record time to the world. And other days, we quietly continue on our journey, lifting weights, sweating on the elliptical, and dragging ourselves through a long run. Work outs aren’t always great and sometimes just getting through it feels like…
“Why can’t you ever stick with anything?” “Ugh! Seriously, you’re going to eat a piece of candy?!” “Oh my gosh, look how your stomach sticks out, look at the cellulite on your thighs, and oh my gosh, are those stretch marks?! You look awful!” “You’re never going to be good at Pilates or yoga or…
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” – Theodore Roosevelt If you’ve ever watched [easyazon_link identifier=”B009EE0EF4″ locale=”US” tag=”mamaexercises-20″]Night at the Museum[/easyazon_link], you know that Theodore Roosevelt had some great words of wisdom. He became the 26th President of the United States at the age of 42 (I feel so unaccomplished now) and brought to the office…
I remember being incredibly frustrated that the weight I was trying to lose after I had my third child wasn’t coming off as quickly as I wanted it to. It was disappointing, it was discouraging, and it was disheartening that I wasn’t seeing the immediate results that I longed to see. Immediate as in, “I…
“It takes me three times as long to get ready to workout on days when I’m not feeling it,” a friend recently confessed. “What’s the secret to being enthusiastic about working out every day?” I laughed and tried to put her mind at ease by admitting that even those of us who love to exercise…