I’m not sure how many people have seen the television commercials where peoples body parts are found by normal people, thunder thighs in the road, love handles in the mall or my favorite, a butt in the park, but they’re great! They are put on by the US Dept of Health and Human Services. I have adopted some for all the mommies out there.

The ones that I use are:
1. Walk the kids to and from school
2. Clean house, not only do you get something accomplished but you also get a great work out
3. Throw your toddler (I mean gently up in the air…I have arms of steel from this and he loves it)
4. Race your kindergartener (I race her everywhere, and usually I’m either carrying a baby or pushing one)
5. Do laundry (I have 4 flights of stairs, just one load and I feel the burn)
6. Go feed the ducks, the kids love this and you have to walk to get there
7. Dance, I dance with my son because he’s the only one who’ll dance with me and he can’t protest, but the kindergartener loves to join in

Those are just a few, but they definitely have helped. After gaining a ton of weight with the baby, I’m back into all my normal clothes and I’m in better shape now than I was before I got prego. As summer inches closer and closer, I’m on the lookout for something to make me bathing suit ready. While I’ve never been a diva, I don’t really want to pour out of a suit either. While there are different ways, Atkins, the gym, programs like Orovo, I still want to see if just being a mom is enough to take me to where I want.

By the end of everyday I’m exhausted, so lets hope that means I’m getting a great workout everyday by just being Mommie!!