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This Week In Self-Care and Weight Loss, Episode 1: The Power of A Mindset Shift

March 10, 2022 by not your average mom 2 Comments

In January I joined a program at the Y called Lose to Win. It’s a 12 week weight loss/healthy living program, and there are some competitive aspects to it as well. You can “win” several different categories including total percentage of weight lost, most group fitness classes attended, most cardio minutes, most spin classes, most […]

Filed Under: Mental Health, Self Care Tagged With: fitover50, healthyliving, mindsetshifts, swimmer, swimmom, weight loss, weight loss motivation, workout

This Is Your Sign

January 15, 2018 by not your average mom 1 Comment

Since we had no school today I thought I was going to get a whole bunch of stuff done, but really all I did yesterday and today was drive kids to different play dates and swim practices. I got almost nothing done yesterday. Today was not looking much better, and at 9 a.m. I had […]

Filed Under: Exercise, Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: falling off the wagon, inspiration, long course, motivation, pool, sidelined, swim, workout, workout motivation

Swimming 101

January 2, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Swimming is one of the best gifts you can give your body. It’s a great cardio workout, but it’s also much gentler on your body than running is, and it works your entire body. I know if you aren’t a swimmer, getting in the pool for the first time can be a pretty intimidating thing. […]

Filed Under: Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: beginning, laps, New year, novice, resolution, swim practice, swimmer, swimming, triathlon, workout, yards

I give myself permission to accept this gift!

September 8, 2016 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Something exciting is happening to me tomorrow. Or for me. Something as exciting as when all the kids went back to school. For me, anyway. But before I get to that, I need to confess something. I hate to clean. I mean, I really fucking hate it. I hate it more than I hate that […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: Barbie, birthday, clean, Drake, house, petri dish, run, shit hole, workout

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