2013 News!!

Several new and exciting things are happening around me and I am totally thrilled to share them!

For starters, Stillbirthday will be doing a Fit To Heal column written by yours truly. It will address more than just weight loss. It's going to encompass physical and mental healing from loss. I've found that caring for myself physically has had a profound effect on my mental health. I want to pass this on and share it with others!

My awesome friend Monica, began a Fitness Friday challenge on her blog. I am going to go ahead and do this too! I encourage you to take part in it!

Here’s what I want to know:

• What did you eat this week?  Were you good and ate healthy?  Did you stumble because of something happening in your life?
• How active were you?  Did you get in 30 minutes of exercise 5 days the past week?  Did you manage to get in some moderate exercise in the form of housework?  Whatever it is, if you got up and were moving I want to hear about it and cheer you on.
• What do you want to improve for the week ahead?  Have you made any fitness goals for yourself?

Yes, just answer these questions! You can comment on her blog or go to yours and link up. I think it would be fantastic to see a big blog roundup of those participating!


Lastly, it does look like I will be using this as more of a fitness oriented blog. I hope I can inspire you to want to get into fitness and fall in love with it!

2013 News!!

Several new and exciting things are happening around me and I am totally thrilled to share them!

For starters, Stillbirthday will be doing a Fit To Heal column written by yours truly. It will address more than just weight loss. It's going to encompass physical and mental healing from loss. I've found that caring for myself physically has had a profound effect on my mental health. I want to pass this on and share it with others!

My awesome friend Monica, began a Fitness Friday challenge on her blog. I am going to go ahead and do this too! I encourage you to take part in it!

Here’s what I want to know:

• What did you eat this week?  Were you good and ate healthy?  Did you stumble because of something happening in your life?
• How active were you?  Did you get in 30 minutes of exercise 5 days the past week?  Did you manage to get in some moderate exercise in the form of housework?  Whatever it is, if you got up and were moving I want to hear about it and cheer you on.
• What do you want to improve for the week ahead?  Have you made any fitness goals for yourself?

Yes, just answer these questions! You can comment on her blog or go to yours and link up. I think it would be fantastic to see a big blog roundup of those participating!


Lastly, it does look like I will be using this as more of a fitness oriented blog. I hope I can inspire you to want to get into fitness and fall in love with it!

Let's level the playing field!

I thought it would be fun to just do a post sharing more about myself. Yeah, we know I have a ton of kids, I have lost a baby, I have pets, I'm a gym rat, married for forever, etc. I want to share more and really let you feel like you KNOW me.

1. I love cutting up! Love it! I even goof off at the gym. My friends never know what I'm going to say or do at any given time.

2. When my kids do some things, I have to walk away. Not because I'm going to hurt them, but because I can't keep a straight face and want to crack up. I'm totally guilty of laughing while trying to punish a kid and it just throws everything out the window. Some things are mind blowing!

3. My mother's thirteen month old Sheepdog has been in training since she was about 4 months old. She is one of the best behaved dogs that I've ever seen. However, when I am around, I can get her going nuts. My uncle and I are the only two people that she does this with! It's awesome!

4. A year ago, my mom lost one of her sheepdogs to cancer. My baby sister, stepdad, and I bought our mom a new sheepdog pup (the 13 month old one). That pup has made her so happy and really helped heal her broken heart. I still get tears in my eyes remembering everything. I still remember my mom's voice and her words. It was so hard! I will do anything for her.

5. I am so scared of teen pregnancy/STD's that I began talking to my children about sex years ago. I had a friend whose son fathered two kids at 12 and it scared the crap out of me! I am totally and completely open with them about everything. To be totally honest, I also don't want a daughter in law like my ex-sister in law or my nephews mom. Thinking with your genitals can lead to a lifetime of misery for more than the people who had sex!

6. I do let my kids crawl into my bed because I really like my sleep and if they'll go to sleep in my bed and not affect my quality of sleep, I don't care. I do hate waking up and having soreness because I've had to contort my body into positions that no human being should.

7. My older kids and I can recite the lines from Stepbrothers and Super Troopers. We've even been known to start in on them for the heck of it.


Any other tidbits you would like to know, feel free to ask!