Hi there. Lumpkins is sleeping. Double yay. Almost all of me wants to be sleeping too. But I've decided to write to you instead. You can thank me later. Or buy me coffee...after November.
That's right, many of you saw my declaration of No Drink November. And I'm sticking to it. I drink water, my shakes, coffee from home (I'm not a saint people) and an occasional Zevia...which Husband R says I should give up too.
What prompted this moment of insanity? Exhaustion and belly fat that WILL NOT go away. Those women who drop like 800 lbs while nursing...I am not them. I'm pretty convinced my body is like ooh fat...lets make more fat and more fat and more fat. Have you seen Lumpkins lately? Welp. Yeah. In an effort to stick it to the fat, I gave up alcohol and Starbucks...Shut The Full Cup! (Saw that on a facebook page, oh the hilarity)
But let's get to the real reason we're here. Thanks to social media, its no secret at all that I've found a passion for helping others get healthy. I love it like I used to love ALL the drinks. And I've been checking into bootcamp online as well. I'm sure you've seen it. Just so you know, each check in gives towards a charity. That's why I do it like every.single.day. Not to make you feel bad, but to feed the kids or provide a coat or pay for health screenings. But now I'm like a celebrity. Or not really a celebrity, maybe just a person who other people see and think oh, she knows a thing or two. Or maybe just she knows a little something. Whatever. People ask me questions.
And the number one question I get, comes from moms. Tired moms. Busy moms. Moms who are trying to make this whole exercise, health, not wanting to nap all the time thing work. They'll say.."Geez, I just don't have time to get to the gym, I mean I know its good for me and I really want to go but I'm just so tired. What am I supposed to do?"
So here's the thing. I have exercised since I was like 2. Thanks mom and dad.
No but really, I've been playing sports as long as I can remember. And once I got out of high school I took up running. And I would run and run and then eat and eat. I specifically remember a time, after I got married, but before Kindergarten A was on the planet, that I was doing some pretty hard core training. And the trainer would always talk about these nutrition seminars and I never went. I worked out and ran so I could eat whatever I wanted. I'm burning a billion calories a day...truthfully probably 400 or so...I'll eat that pizza and ice cream if I want to. Even now I have a shirt that says "I run because I really like food." It's still sorta true for me but it's what's wrong with most of us.
Have you ever noticed people who work out all the time but their body composition never changes? They don't lose inches or lbs and muscle definition seems to be elusive. It's because they are trying to out run, out train their fork. And I know because I was that person.
Tired, busy mom. Here's my answer. Always, always, always make nutrition your # 1 priority. I'm going to yell in case you missed that.
MAKE NUTRITION YOUR NUMERO UNO! (number one...if you don't speak spanish)
Exercise is good for you, it is. It's good for your heart and releases endorphins and I try to go at least 5 times a week. But if you can't. If you literally have zero time. It's okay. I mean I've never heard the saying...let exercise by thy medicine. Focus on what you're putting in your body. Change the way you are eating...and drinking...ahem. 85% of your results come from your nutrition.
What does this look like? It looks like 6 small meals a day. It looks like food prep on Sunday so that you can stick to it all week. It looks like a gallon of water. It looks like less sweets and more vegetables. I promise if you do these things, you wont be as tired. And you won't be as sluggish. And if you do happen to make it to the gym, you'll actually benefit from the workout.
I cannot tell you enough how many times someone told me that and I ignored it. I like food. Like a lot. And I like food prep like....hard pass. But for the past 2 years I've been living it. And just this last year I've really been sticking to it. Pregnancy and all.
And because food prep is like my favorite thing in the whole entire world...said no one ever...I have super easy ways to get my nutrition in. My days go a little like this. Protein bar with my coffee. Shake for snack. Green food for lunch (think salad). Eggs or oatmeal or almonds for snack. Yummy dinner made even more yummy when Husband R makes it. And a bedtime belly buster as my night cap. And water thrown all up in there. My food prep went from prepping all my meals to prepping...well 1. Because we usually cook dinner fresh every night. We can talk about the importance of the products you choose to use later.
Have more questions? Ask away. I want you to know it really is possible to feel good and have energy. It's not just something I made up. And I can even help you do it.
Capiche? (That's Italian for "understand?"...I'm full of bilingualisms today...and made up words)
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That's right, many of you saw my declaration of No Drink November. And I'm sticking to it. I drink water, my shakes, coffee from home (I'm not a saint people) and an occasional Zevia...which Husband R says I should give up too.
What prompted this moment of insanity? Exhaustion and belly fat that WILL NOT go away. Those women who drop like 800 lbs while nursing...I am not them. I'm pretty convinced my body is like ooh fat...lets make more fat and more fat and more fat. Have you seen Lumpkins lately? Welp. Yeah. In an effort to stick it to the fat, I gave up alcohol and Starbucks...Shut The Full Cup! (Saw that on a facebook page, oh the hilarity)
But let's get to the real reason we're here. Thanks to social media, its no secret at all that I've found a passion for helping others get healthy. I love it like I used to love ALL the drinks. And I've been checking into bootcamp online as well. I'm sure you've seen it. Just so you know, each check in gives towards a charity. That's why I do it like every.single.day. Not to make you feel bad, but to feed the kids or provide a coat or pay for health screenings. But now I'm like a celebrity. Or not really a celebrity, maybe just a person who other people see and think oh, she knows a thing or two. Or maybe just she knows a little something. Whatever. People ask me questions.
And the number one question I get, comes from moms. Tired moms. Busy moms. Moms who are trying to make this whole exercise, health, not wanting to nap all the time thing work. They'll say.."Geez, I just don't have time to get to the gym, I mean I know its good for me and I really want to go but I'm just so tired. What am I supposed to do?"
So here's the thing. I have exercised since I was like 2. Thanks mom and dad.
No but really, I've been playing sports as long as I can remember. And once I got out of high school I took up running. And I would run and run and then eat and eat. I specifically remember a time, after I got married, but before Kindergarten A was on the planet, that I was doing some pretty hard core training. And the trainer would always talk about these nutrition seminars and I never went. I worked out and ran so I could eat whatever I wanted. I'm burning a billion calories a day...truthfully probably 400 or so...I'll eat that pizza and ice cream if I want to. Even now I have a shirt that says "I run because I really like food." It's still sorta true for me but it's what's wrong with most of us.
Have you ever noticed people who work out all the time but their body composition never changes? They don't lose inches or lbs and muscle definition seems to be elusive. It's because they are trying to out run, out train their fork. And I know because I was that person.
Tired, busy mom. Here's my answer. Always, always, always make nutrition your # 1 priority. I'm going to yell in case you missed that.
MAKE NUTRITION YOUR NUMERO UNO! (number one...if you don't speak spanish)
Exercise is good for you, it is. It's good for your heart and releases endorphins and I try to go at least 5 times a week. But if you can't. If you literally have zero time. It's okay. I mean I've never heard the saying...let exercise by thy medicine. Focus on what you're putting in your body. Change the way you are eating...and drinking...ahem. 85% of your results come from your nutrition.
What does this look like? It looks like 6 small meals a day. It looks like food prep on Sunday so that you can stick to it all week. It looks like a gallon of water. It looks like less sweets and more vegetables. I promise if you do these things, you wont be as tired. And you won't be as sluggish. And if you do happen to make it to the gym, you'll actually benefit from the workout.
I cannot tell you enough how many times someone told me that and I ignored it. I like food. Like a lot. And I like food prep like....hard pass. But for the past 2 years I've been living it. And just this last year I've really been sticking to it. Pregnancy and all.
And because food prep is like my favorite thing in the whole entire world...said no one ever...I have super easy ways to get my nutrition in. My days go a little like this. Protein bar with my coffee. Shake for snack. Green food for lunch (think salad). Eggs or oatmeal or almonds for snack. Yummy dinner made even more yummy when Husband R makes it. And a bedtime belly buster as my night cap. And water thrown all up in there. My food prep went from prepping all my meals to prepping...well 1. Because we usually cook dinner fresh every night. We can talk about the importance of the products you choose to use later.
Have more questions? Ask away. I want you to know it really is possible to feel good and have energy. It's not just something I made up. And I can even help you do it.
Capiche? (That's Italian for "understand?"...I'm full of bilingualisms today...and made up words)
