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Post by RitaMarita on May 8, 2016 21:43:18 GMT -5
I am not big on desserts but I do try to make them or encourage my children to bake, usually on Sundays. Aside from fermented foods, this is generally my diet too. Though we live in an area with very little access to fresh vegetables, even though we are no longer in the city. I think we had a better diet when it was the other way around, oddly enough. I forgot to add that we bowl as a family twice each month. My kids do non-competitive sports like skating, archery, and a few others. My oldest son fences. We have a curling place in the area and I've thought about giving that a try. Are you in Colorado? Or Northeast? Never heard of too many places with curling options. I was born in Colorado, but I must admit that I never really heard of curling until today! ;-)
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Post by Jayne on May 9, 2016 10:59:54 GMT -5
Never heard of too many places with curling options. There are several curling clubs around here. I think that it is typical for Canada for curling to be common. I don't curl personally but I know people who do.
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Post by Caillin on May 9, 2016 12:57:39 GMT -5
This is a post of mine from TD a while back:
And in another post:
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Post by mundacormeum on May 9, 2016 15:48:08 GMT -5
Before I had kids, I went to the gym regularly....I did the elyptical machine and weights. It was very effective for fitness. After kids, I purchased a few sets of hand weights, and various exercise DVD's that incorporate both cardio and weight training. I've had varying degrees of consistency over the years, with many phases of no exercise whatsoever, due to the physical demands of repeated pregnancy. I do what I can, when I can. Keeping up with housework, country living, and lots of kids helps me keep my activity level up, for sure. Unless I have good reason, I don't sit or lay around much during the day. My main goal is not so much to have a "perfectly fit" body, but to eat and exercise relativley well, so my overall health and energy levels can keep up with the demands of raising children. I also strive for moderation in all things, so while I do aim for less processed food and mostly homemade/from scratch foods, I am not a stickler about it. Same thing with exercise..,,I aim to exercise 15-30 minutes per weekday, but if I have a bad week, or am feeling particularly tired and opt to nap, instead, it's not a big deal. I exercise when the little kids are napping and the big ones have quiet time. Before my current pregnancy, I was using a YouTube excercise channel that had what I considered to be very effective workouts. It had lots of videos of varying levels (from beginner to advanced) and varying lengths (10 minutes to 1hr/45min) to choose from. I could tell a noticeable difference when I started those videos in my energy level and over all feeling of health....both for the better. Since pregnancy, I've had to take a break from exercise all together, but now that first trimester is over, I'm ready to start some lower impact stuff again. I recently read about the T-Tapp program, which is supposed to be very effective, very low impact, 15 minutes a day (you can do more, if you want, though), and rehabilitative for your body. Has anyone heard of it, or have any experience with it? It sounds like a good program for during and after pregnancy.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on May 31, 2016 22:50:34 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right?
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Post by mundacormeum on Jun 1, 2016 7:13:26 GMT -5
Even in my heavy workouts days, pre children, I don't think I could do a pull up.....unless I cheated by jumping or something.
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Post by Voxxkowalski on Jun 1, 2016 8:29:37 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? ask your husband if he can squeeze a large melon out.....his....um.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 9:52:07 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? Pull-ups need the torso to be fit along with the arms. Start with pushups and work your way up. It's all about being consistent.
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Post by jen51 on Jun 1, 2016 10:44:47 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? Haha. There is no way I could do a pull up. At the time in my life I was most physically fit I could do a chin up or two. Push ups are even difficult for me now- the only way I can do many in a row is to do "girl" pushups- with knees on the floor. I've made it my goal this week to get 2- 45 minute walks in.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jun 1, 2016 21:49:30 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? ask your husband if he can squeeze a large melon out.....his....um. I lol'd
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Post by Clotilde on Jun 1, 2016 21:55:06 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? Stay away from cliffs? Lol.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jun 1, 2016 21:57:24 GMT -5
For exercise I use the treadmill or stretch videos or maybe the warm-ups to insanity or P90X. I exercise for a few months then take a month or two of, then start up again. Similar to MCM I am busy with lots of children and lots of outside work. My husband was recently chiding me that I can't do a single pull-up. He asked me what I would do if I was hanging off a cliff one day, I couldn't save myself. I told him not to be such a feminist! Men and women are different. I think most women probably can't do a full pull-up palms facing forward. I can do push-ups and have muscular upper arms but can't do a pull-up. Am I right? Stay away from cliffs? Lol. That's kind of what I told him. "When am I ever going to be on a CLIFF?!!!"
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Post by heinrich on Jun 2, 2016 10:32:05 GMT -5
Most women can't do pull ups. Those man chicks who "graduated" Ranger school, as I have it from a very good source, were given preferential treatment on an obstacle course. Some of the movements that are required for successful completion of this most rigourous of the rigourous of training are designed to tax even the most fit and athletic men. Don't let the politics of the Zeitgeist get you down, Marya.
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Post by Marya Dabrowski on Jun 2, 2016 23:08:08 GMT -5
Thank you Heinrich, I wondered what you thought about it. These arms will be used for holding babies for the time being:)
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