Good Evening Readers!!

Recently, I was incredibly lucky, thankful and grateful to receive an Ipad 2 for Christmas.  And, it has become my best friend.  It’s light enough to carry in my purse, and I end up carrying it everywhere.  The coolest thing I’ve found so far is the “Flipboard”.

Flipboard offers  new opportunities to READ lots..Apologies for my absence last week, but, you know where I was? Completely absorbed in reading in fields I am interested in- cooking, crossfit, health, etc…

One article I read and loved was called, “Am I really fat?”

Ordinary Courage

and a one that hits home with me more than anything else was, “Why I lift heavy things”.

How to use Flipboard?  Download it (seems to have apps for most computer things, although I’m no expert), and start searching if for interesting tidbits that you are interested in.  You can even connect your facebook & twitter accounts to it and it’ll read more like a magazine and it keeps you kind of “outside looking in” on the drama aspects of Facebook.  In addition, I was able to add blogs I read to my Flipboard content and am therefor in the loop without searching Safari for things.  Basically it has the ability to bring most of your internet queries/reading/into one central location.

It is so cool!  The more I read, the happier I feel, really.

What’s your favorite website/blog that you read daily?

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“Starting the New Year off on the R.I.G.H.T. Foot” is now live on SocialMoms Network.

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is now live on Social Moms Network!

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In 2011, things got WAY too serious around here.  I took CrossFit too seriously and sometimes forgot that LIFE is supposed to be FUN.  So, in an effort to lighten things up, I went back and reviewed all the fun times I had with my kids and hubby and this post is dedicated to them.

We visit coffee shops with “super hero” costumes!

We do handstands in public places….

And in front of coffee shops!

They love to feed the trout at White Water Preserve.

Dressed up as Robin Hood and Maid Marion for a fancy party.

Fooling around in coffee bean sacks.

Sleeping, post ski day!

And scaring mom with the sleds!

It’s been a great year, Merry Christmas!!

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Happy Thanksgiving to all of my wonderful readers! Thanks for your continued support of Fit Mom’s Blog. I am truly thankful for having the opportunities to share with you what I’ve learned being an athlete for the last twenty years.

All the Best,
Rachel

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FYI…I really want a pair of these!

Prioritizing Family Habits on Social Moms

Creating Skin Care Habits on Read Breathe

Fall Fashion Favorites on Read Breathe

Design Your Own Workout Plan While Traveling on Social Moms
What do you all want for Christmas?

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What is that first step that would make you happy? I am happy. I have a loving and supportive husband, two beautiful children, a good job and a healthy, love of CrossFit…and yet, I still can get bogged down with stupid details that do not make me happy. I found this company as I sifted through (and deleted) over a thousand emails today because a full inbox does not make me happy! I’ve enjoyed reading the About page of Happy First and how the message is really meant to be a catalyst to ask you, “what makes you happy?”

Happy First offers a nice clothing line for women, toddlers and infants with an additional jewelry line.

You can read more about Happy First here.

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Any Interest?

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Well, it’s true, since starting CrossFit in November of 2009, I have been at least 3 if not 4 dress/jean sizes.  When I first started CrossFit, I was an easy size six (referenced here) and I thought I was just fine.   I had been running and doing yoga and little bit of kettlbell work prior to Nov. of 09, and I thought I was fairly fit.  Then came three months of 5x a week, and I shrank like 2 dress sizes overnight!

Last Christmas, I was a size 2 Lucky Jeans and thought I was all that! I had squeezed into them and thought I was looking good.  Little did I know that size on me was not going to be long lived!

Now, almost two years into CrossFit my size has changed again.

Yes, it’s true, I have gotten bigger.  Where?! My quads and chest size {not the cleavage department, unfortunately} have both gone up.

Getting dressed in clothes other than yoga apparel had become increasingly difficult and problematic.  The complaints started a few months back when I’d be getting ready for church (the only time I need actual clothes) and I’d end up with piles of clothes on the floor!

Following a discussion with my very favorite, fashionable hair dresser, I finally decided to go shopping.  Ugg.  I hate shopping.  It is so stressful, frustrating, and time consuming.   My genetic make-up is to NOT spend hours in shopping malls.  I make surgical strikes- Find One Pair of Jeans that Fit.  On the advice of a friend, I decided to hit up all the high dollar jean brands in an effort to find one pair that fit.  Today was the day, and I started with True Religion.  Upon walking in, I did get a “hello” but no eye contact and the employees kept on doing what they were doing.  I looked around, looked at the prices, felt the jeans, and attempted to find a pair….but, you know, I walked out of the store!  Second store, 7 For All Mankind, again, a high dollar priced jean and again a greeting, but, no questions of “how can I help you” or even eye contact with me.  I walked around, felt the jeans and again walked out.  All the labels I saw said, “narrow, skinny, skinny leg, skinny or narrow fit….” You’ve got to be kidding me!   What athletic girl do you know is going to fit into skinny jeans?! I tried on jeans in FOUR stores!!!! What was the biggest problem with the jeans I tried on?  They didn’t even go over my quads!  And, several couldn’t get past my calves, either.  So, the problem was two fold- one nobody was willing to help me at all nor could I find any jeans on my own that would even count as jeans- more like some kind of joke!  These are for women, really?!

Finally, by the fifth store, I assumed that there were no jeans that were going to fit me and that I was going to go home empty handed.  For my last ditch effort, I walked into Lucky Brand Jeans, and the first thing I got was “how can I help you” question???  Whoo Hooo… I looked at him and said, “Well, I’m looking for jeans that will fit these very large quads and small waist, you got anything like that?”  He said, yes, and started bringing me pairs to try on!  I must have tried on ten pairs of jeans and on the 11th pair, in a size 26, I found a PAIR!! {Relaxed fit, easy rider with some nice styling on the pockets.  Not high dollar, either}  I literally danced around in a circle!

Moral of the story? Lucky Brand jeans offered jeans to fit this athletic body with great customer service to boot.  Here’s my little kick in the butt, to 7 For all Mankind and True Religion!  You guys aren’t all that.

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So, this is by far my favorite job I’ve had so far! I get to write and I find enjoyment in that. I write here as well, but, not always long in depth posts and the opportunity came up for me to be a regular contributor on Social Moms.com!! Whoo Hoo.

Here are a few of the recent articles:
5 Ways to Squeeze in Exercise in Unexpected Places
You CAN Transform Your Body in Six Weeks
After School Activities for Kids and Parents

Feel free to click over and check them out as well as all the other creative moms writing for Social Moms.com.

So, if you don’t hear from me in a while, it mean’s I’m probably moonlighting over there or on Tuesdays when my posts go live at at Breathe Magazine!

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