Chicken and the Egg

TURBO JAM....bust a move

I admit that I am what you would call addicted to running...but here lately, my daily runs are becoming rather boring plus my 10 mo old now tries to climb on my treadmill every time mommy wants to go for a run.  So what shall I do?  I shall bust out my Fitness DVDs I bought about 3 months ago.  I must admit I didn't use these much in the beginning, but my new crawling baby required that I bust them out of hibernation.  I can honestly say that I am in pain...a good pain....but in pain.  This program works...it really works.  I bought the turbo jam set after seeing a short segment from my sister in laws collection.  I have tried a different DVD each day and I am seeing the results and feeling the results. 

Chalene Johnson, the perky instructor, is extremely motivating and has a body to die for..  She is fantastic and I wasn't bored for a second.  I highly recommend investing in this program....IT WORKS!!  Do each dvd....some of the ones that I thought would not be as effective, made me even more sore and worked muscles that had been neglected for a while.  Check out her blog here, she features a great little recipe "Yummy Monday" with each post. 

Hmmmm...just had my 2nd bowl of ice cream

So I am sitting on the couch right now looking at this semi-scary baby doll that my mom bought for my little one.  It keeps singing to me and I'm not sure whether to be scared by it or not.  I'm definitely not going to post a picture of it or else all of you might have to be scared by this doll too...sooo on to better topics.

As I mentioned in my title, I just had my 2nd little bowl of ice cream for the day...and I feel like crap...not to mention all the other crap I've eaten today.  Its just been one of those stressful days of 3 kids running around like crazy animals, trying to work on finances and feeling like crap.  It must be that I did a really short workout today.  Tomorrow, I am going to have to run run and run...  I've been relatively fortunate as a mother of 3 in a short time (all are under the age of 6) to have been able to bounce back to pre-pregnancy shape rather quickly.  With my first, I lost about 13 lbs over what I needed to lose...and with the others, I was able to get back to my pre-preg weight in about 6-8 weeks.  How? is a question I get asked alot.....and I always say....run your butt off.  There is no better workout than running.  When I first started running,  I think I lost a bunch of weight because it makes you poop so much ( I know tmi)...but it really does.  Eventually, your system regulates but you definitely become regular if you know what I mean (no metamucil for me). 

I never waited the full 6 weeks after giving birth to start running.  Hell, I didn't wait 6 days....if I felt good enough to run...I did...usually within the first few days after giving birth....I know, crazy....but it worked.  You feel so good after a good long run.....I hate the process of doing it and thinking about doing it....but afterwards is AWESOME.  I recommend morning workouts so you don't ruin your whole day thinking about it....plus you can do it while the kids are asleep.  If you can't run, I highly recommend the FIRM's 3 in 1 bootcamp DVD....holy cow, it works...probably the only video that I can give a full thumbs up to right now.....perhaps I'll start reviewing work out dvds and posting about them. 

I tried to find this on the firm's website (www.firmdirect.com) but had no luck, but you can find it on Amazon.  I highly recommend it.