#1 Dennis PragerI have been meaning to pass along a favorite radio personality that I think is worth your time to take a listen. His name is Dennis Prager and he has a show that you can subscribe to for FREE on the itunes store. My favorite shows are the Wednesday Male/Female hour and Fridays Happiness Hour, but I enjoy all of his shows. I have put it on my ipod for walks and working out or listening to on the computer while I am blogging, shopping online or whatever. He has a GREAT book "Happiness is a Serious Problem", it is a short read and I highly recommend it to EVERYONE!
#2 The Twilight Series
I am almost done with Breaking Dawn. Mike has already bought our tickets for the show on Friday. Cute romance, suspense and not something I EVER thought I would read, I mean vampires and werewolves come on but seriously they are fun and make me feel like I am a teenager reading a love story.
#3 Flannel Boards
Does anyone remember these from Primary circa 1980? I loved them! I made a cheap version for Kennedy and then just put felt on the back of random stock pictures the LDS church has on their website for really cheap. We use if for FHE or to just play and tell stories, Kennedy loves it! I just bought a cardboard "science fair" tri-fold thing, covered it in flannel that I glued to the back with Elmers spray adhesive and then bought sticky side felt from the craft store and attached small squares to the back of the pictures I cut out from the church. Good cheap fun.
(pictures found on ldscatalog.com under visual aids and cutouts)
#4 Family Fun Magazine
It is a cheap subscription or you can just go online. I get a lot of fun ideas for games, crafts, activities and good articles about things to do with your family (traditions etc.)
#5 Workout Clothes/a healthy lifestyle
#5 Workout Clothes/a healthy lifestyle
Since coming to Denver I have noticed many moms here wearing workout clothes to the store, library, pretty much everywhere. I HAVE FOUND MY HOMELAND! I would love to wear workout clothes all day every day, TLC's "What Not To Wear" be damned! I love to be comfortable and frankly hate doing my hair, make-up etc. I realize many moms wear their workout clothes out and about in many states but as one of my friends put it so well "in many parts of Utah the women are suspiciously blond and tan in the middle of the winter". Colorado has them too, the Trophy Wives of the world but I do appreciate that where we are in Aurora/Parker, Colorado there seems to be more of a focus on being HEALTHY AND ACTIVE instead of being SKINNY AND TRENDY.A few of my un-favorite things...
#1 Purple Chub
My new nickname in young womens is "purple chub" because I once had my fat little Sophie in a purple dress for church and there are two young women that are obsessed with her and always want to hold her so for the longest time they didn't know my name so they would just point to me and say "purple chub?" to ask where my fat baby was so they could hold her...well now they just call me purple chub and then add "purple chub's mom" sometimes. If I ever wear the color purple to young womens I am going to be real bitter. (not really. the girls are freakin cute and wonderful and if they want to hold my baby literally ALL through church- they can call me whatever they want)
My new nickname in young womens is "purple chub" because I once had my fat little Sophie in a purple dress for church and there are two young women that are obsessed with her and always want to hold her so for the longest time they didn't know my name so they would just point to me and say "purple chub?" to ask where my fat baby was so they could hold her...well now they just call me purple chub and then add "purple chub's mom" sometimes. If I ever wear the color purple to young womens I am going to be real bitter. (not really. the girls are freakin cute and wonderful and if they want to hold my baby literally ALL through church- they can call me whatever they want)
#2 Baby Weight
I have exercised and eaten healthy but since my initial baby weight loss...NOTHIN! I don't know what the rest of you ladies are doing but fill me in here. Starvation? 4 hours of working out a day? WHAT??? I have a six month old baby and I look like I just had her. What gives?
5 comments:
it seems like i held on to my baby weight for a year despite working out like crazy. i think that in the end breastfeeding helped the most.
You know me - Weight Watchers baby.
I'm with Kristin, Weight Watchers rocks! It worked absolute miracles after both my girls :-D you can do it online too, so it's super easy....but I highly doubt you look like you just had Sophie!!
Hey Summer. Great post. I'm interested to learn more about Dennis Prager. I've just been counting calories. There's a website online called www.myeverydayhealth.com
They have a free online calorie tracker. I'm slowly but surely losing mine. Oh and running. Are you lifting weights too? That will help. People keep telling me it took 9 months to gain it so give myself 9 months to lose it.
I love looking on your blog, you always have such good family ideas, books, activities I love it. As for the baby weight I am glad to hear someone else hangs onto it. I've been feeling like everyone I know just loses it all without doing anything. I held onto my baby weight for a good year, I found when I hit a wall, I would bring in a new kind of exercise. Like I started just running and then I tried biking and then swimming. It helped to lose the weight in different areas. As for diet, I didn't really change what I ate, the only thing I cut out was soda. And then just tried to eat less than what I would normally, I didn't cut out cookies I just ate one or two instead of 5. Moderation in all things. Anyway sorry for the longest post ever, good luck! Thanks for all your good ideas!
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