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topic borrowed from a Scrubs episode…

So, moms, if you could change one superficial thing about your appearance what would it be?  Or, could I rephrase that with how could we improve our appearance through nutrition, healthy living, good sleep, and a happy personality?

Being an over 40 mom now, I’m beginning to see value in healthy skincare and would love to see a reduction of wrinkles, fine lines and under eye circles on my face.  Yes, I want to fight the aging process!

Who wants to look old?  We all (or at least I do) work really hard at the physical and nutrition part, but spend little to no time on skincare.

Who does?

If you invest in healthy skincare products, what do you use?  Anybody had any chemical peels, laser treatments, skincare procedures done on yourself that you’d recommend to others?

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First, you scope out the entire hotel and find out the good things about it.  Is it close to the shops, restruants and coffee shops?

Second, find out how kid friendly it is…This is not always easy.  Find the spots where kids are allowed and hang out there.

Third, spend as much time at the pool and jacuzi as possible.

Fourth, walk everywhere, even if it means blisters from those fancy shoes you never wear.

Finally, enjoy the time you have with your kids and friends without all your usual distractions at home.

The best things about small vacations is that you (mom, chef, and laundress) is off the hook for a few days, so ENJOY it!!

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Welcome Readers, for another lesson learned by Yours Truly.

Back in 2008, when my knee blew up on a downhill run in training for a downhill marathon, I’ve known that my hips were my problem. They continue to be my problem. Last year, I was off squatting and dead lifting for more than six months before a chiropractor took an ex-ray of my back only to explain to me that basically I have a “muted hip”. Meaning that they DO NO MOVE. When my bones go on (my very technical term) “lock down”, I immediately will have muscular pains/knots in my a**/give me some ice now kind of pain. Lately I’ve been running back to the chiropractor a minimum of 2x a week! Holy Crap…that’s too much.

So, my complaint lately has been to the chiropractor, “well, you can’t fix me” and his comment is “well you’re over-training” and my comment back to him is, “no, sir I’m not”. There is something related to my muscles that are pulling me out of alignment!!

Guess what?! Nobody has identified which muscles that they are for me that are not doing their job, but, what I can tell you is that the front of my body is ENTIRELY TOO TIGHT in comparison to the back of my body.

What does that mean exactly? You know when you go to yoga class and you know you can’t do certain things—hello, backbends–because you are just too tight, you can’t do them, therefor you don’t even try to do them….I could go on and on. Bottom line, I neglect the crap that I suck at (full wheel, camel pose, bow pose) because I can’t do them.



Now, thanks to Network Fitness’ kindness and generosity in teaching me how to be MOBILE in my tight spots, I at least know what to do! Note above photo of my “mobility tools”..A $9 PVC pipe from Lowe’s, a $1 LaCrosse ball from Amazon.com, a $10 foam roller from the local running store and the cream of the crop, the “bumpy roller” obtained from Network Fitness for a ridiculous sum of money. However, what I’ve learned has been invaluable to teaching me how to be more flexible and release the tight areas of my body.

Learn from me, if you suck at something, figure out how to improve the situation. The only thing that can occur from super tightness is injury.

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(among other things!)

So, my carpet smells like puke, my laundry is unfolded and I have two kids home today one whose obviously been puking and the other one whose kind of lost without his brothers creative energies to direct him.   In addition, there are dishes to wash, bills to pay, rooms to clean and bathrooms to scrub…and I still need to write here on this blog, workout and find things to keep me happy like reading!  It’s a weekend so that means that I have two days to work on all of the above and still be a mommy!  Usually what happens is that I wake up, workout, and then (it feels like running on a treadmill) but I run around my house attempting to multitask doing a little here and a little there but never really finishing a job…Argh.  My head is spinning.

How the heck do you balance it all?!

How am I going to remain sane? How does anybody remain sane with this stuff? All moms juggle the same things I am- and many probably have their children in extra curricular activities as well.   Yesterday, my kid wanted pizza for lunch and I couldn’t even remember to check off “pizza” on the sign in sheet!

If I were a superhero, I could just snap my fingers and get everything done all the time no problem, however, I’m just a regular mommy trying to squeeze it all in (all the time).  I realize that maybe I could  just give up a few responsibilities to others or do less, but then what?!

And to add to this nonsense, I’ve been asked to participate in the CrossFit Open again this year.  Just like adding more stress to the already chaotic life!  “Just do it for fun this year…set new goals and use it to judge where you should be next year!”

Thoughts, comments and suggestions welcome!

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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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I’ve come full circle in the realm of diet and exercise, if you’ve been here long enough, then you know. I used to be a big time endurance athlete who lived and breathed on oatmeal, pasta, rice and lots and lots of running. I am now a believer in lots of protein, healthy fats like avocado and oils and lots of heavy lifting, and my weight keeps going down!

Check out this old article from Gary Taubes in the New York Times, “What if it’s all been a big fat lie?”
Gary Taubes is the author of Why We Get Fat and has some very interesting, but not new things to say.

Anybody else eliminating white flour and sugar from their diet and reaped the results?

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Very cool products, if you love to be inspired!

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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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