My Reason

Today as I was doing my usual work out, when a thought came to my mind. Why am I doing this? I have a baby who is crying, a son who needs a drink, and here I am being selfish and trying to finish my work out. I just wanted to QUIT!  Why am I putting myself through this? It isn't going to get me far!
Have any of you ever experienced this? Well.. I would like to tell you what my answer was to This MAJOR question, WHY AM I DOING THIS?

My father has type 2 diabetes, so did my grandma. On my mother's side my grandma has Congestive heart failure and so did my great grandmother. My family down the line has also been overweight, which has contributed to knee, back, and other problems. So WHY workout?
My answer was right in front of me. There were three of them. Yes, it is for me to stay healthy, but without these three boys in my life I don't think I would care. That is the type of person I am. I have a hard time getting motivated, keeping on routine and schedules. I am that person who says that will never happen to me, so why try?

I don't want to ever experience the feeling of GREAT it did happen to me, why didn't I try? I want to stay healthy for these boys and my future kids. I want to be able to see my kids grow up and play baseball or soccer, football, basketball, or whatever they like to do. I want to be able to run around a field without getting out of breath! I want to lower my chances of getting diabetes, heart disease, CHF, knee and back problems, and being overweight. I want to see my kids go through school, graduate from High School, get married, and then spend time with my grand kids! I want my kids to see my healthy lifestyle and want to follow it.

That is my reason for trying to be healthy!  What is yours?

Thigh Work out!

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Being an example

I have a two year old son who mimics everything I do. Today as I was working out (day 19 of insanity), I realized that my son is watching my every move. He watches what I eat, drink, dress like, and my work out. He has the warm up routine down to a T. I couldn't believe it! He was stretching, doing lunges, jumps, push ups, everything.
This made me so grateful that I am trying to change my lifestyle NOW! Our children need good examples in their lives, not just with working out, but in general. What we teach our kids now will either help or hurt them in the future!
Lets all choose to make good decisions and Keep our children/families healthy, and making good decisions.

Please pray for those who are suffering this day! May God bless!

Daily life

My life has been crazy lately! I'm the mother of 2 children, husband works full time, own my own business, and trying to keep up with daily house chores. I'm currently doing an online wrap party. Somehow today, with the craziness of the day, I managed to do day 17 of the Insanity workout, do laundry and cook a healthy meal. I feel GREAT! I love the sore feeling after a good workout.

Dinner tonight was especially good. We barbecued (big shocker) a steak for dinner. It was so good! It was marinated in some chili powder, had celery, onions, and mushrooms on the side. All of this was wrapped in tinfoil and cooked. It was delicious!

What have you done today?

Introduction

Welcome to Helping Healthy Habits!
I wanted to start this blog as more of a support group. I had a baby 4 months ago and am struggling to keep weight off.
I sell body wraps and I have been using them to help. They work AMAZING! But I really like the feeling of working out and eating healthy. I need more help!
Please help keep me accountable eating healthy and exercising! I will help you too!
Each day I will be posting a new work out and a healthy recipe. If you have any ideas please leave a comment so everyone can have a chance to read it!

Thanks all!!