My Glamorous Mom Life
Sometimes we moms can be so busy taking care of everything and everyone else that we forget to take care of ourselves. Okay maybe not actually forget, but we neglect ourselves or form unhealthy habits. During my pregnancy which was almost 2 years ago now, I formed some really bad habits and listened to some really bad advice. I use to be really healthy and take time to really take care of myself. I exercised regularly, ate great, and just made sure I felt great. Fast forward to now and those bad habits during pregnancy have not left, I had a nerve issue in my back and leg so I couldn’t walk sometimes or it was very hard so I got used to be fairly lazy, I was always told that I was eating for two so now I eat more than one person should. I always would eat what I craved, so now I go for that unhealthy thing I’m craving that a few years ago I would have never eaten. So what now? Well, as hard as it is, I have to make a decision for myself that only I can make. I have to decide to work my butt off and get my body healthy again. It’s been a on and off again relationship for me these past two years. I’ll do good, then bad again. But, as a song in a children’s movie says “I wanna try even though I can fail”. Yes, I may never lose the weight I want to, I may never wear the clothes I want to, but, I can get my energy back, I can lose some weight, I hopefully can start getting the nutrition I need and so on. Some days will be good, easy, and others I will fail. But the awesome thing about failing is you can get back up and try again.
You can always take steps towards improvement. If you are like me and not really truly taking care of you, well then get up and make a change. Follow you some fitness or health pages, get you an app for logging workouts and food, buy healthy, get on Pinterest and find every healthy recipe you can, and get up and move! Any step you take is progress. Set goals and work towards finding your “healthy”. My body needs something different than yours; you need something different than someone else. Getting healthy isn’t always just about losing weight; you can be skinny as a stick and be super unhealthy. Just take care of yourself!
Here are a few things I encourage
everyone to do no matter what your situation.
1. Drink lots of water. This is something I need to work on
a lot, but drinking enough water can improve your health tremendously. I t can
help with headaches, hair loss, energy, appetite and so on.
2. Go for a walk or run. Adding in some form of exercise is
always a good thing, don’t overdo it or anything but just get up and move. Anything
more than what you are doing is improvement.
3. Take time to do your nails or your hair. It won’t
actually improve your health per say but it will improve your mood and can help
you destress. Anything adding less stress is good for your health.
4. Eat less or no fried foods. This is a major thing that
can help you get on the right track eating wise. Let’s face it; fried foods
just aren’t good for us, just our taste buds.
5. Pray. Your Spiritual health is way more important. Just
trust God and ask Him to help you make good decisions.
6. Remember that you are your children’s example. That will
make you think twice before getting that 2nd, or 3rd, or
even 4th plate at the buffet.
7. Apps or Fitbits. I personally started using a Fitbit and it’s
been a great reminder for me to be more active. It also helps me keep track of
everything. An app I was using before the Fitbit is My Fitness Pal and it’s
awesome, you can log food and workouts and set goals for your weight.
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