Your Health?

LibbyLoo222 · 2019-05-22T16:45:31+00:00

I do lots of garden and yard work, as well as incorporating exercise into child care activities.

I cannot go to the gym. I have a 9 month old, toddler, and two elementary aged kids.

I tie the 9 month old on my back with a carrier and mow the lawn while he naps. The kids play while I shovel and weed and haul in the garden. We all go to the playground and I jog around it with the stroller. We all go swimming, hiking, or play running games. Or the kids just get on bikes and scooters while I run with a stroller. I’d love to have time dedicated just to me and my own exercise—but for now it’s a shared activity and that’s ok.

artemis286 · 2019-05-22T20:32:29+00:00

So I'm 32 weeks with my first, I'd love to share what I've been doing during pregnancy and what I hope to do after!

I think the biggest thing is schedule simplification and saying no. For me at least, there isn't enough time an energy in the day to work full time, have hobbies, get enough sleep, make homemade food, read, exercise, go tochurch meetings, get outside, and somehow take care of either my pregnant body or a baby. So I currently take classes online and do some very part time work at home, and plan to keep a very open and simple schedule and be a SAHM after baby's born and just focus on our bonding first and foremost.

I do workouts that are simple and at home. Some people love going to classes or the gym, and I'll take a yoga class every once in a while. But for me, the stress of getting ready and worrying about being presentable, driving there, and getting home is often not worth the effort. I do much better just being able to workout at home for free when it suits me.

We don't buy processed, unhealthy food. It's just not in the house or available. So if I want something, I have to make it! Smoothies have been a lifesaver this pregnancy. I make them pretty intense, and get a ton of nutrition in one meal. I juice vegetables, especially leafy greens, and add that to frozen fruit, chia seeds, hemp seeds, yogurt, homemade kefir, and a whole-food greens powder. I've had success meal prepping smoothies and freezing them and defrosting when I'm ready to make them. I take good, high quality vitamins, especially a chlorophyll supplement, magnesium, and vitamin D.

Dinners are almost always homemade, from scratch. We don't do cereal or things like that very often, and we opt for local eggs or homemade oatmeal in the morning. I plan to baby wear while exercising or doing housework as much as I can, so baby is close and happy, and I get things done. I focus on diet first, since that is the biggest component of health, and exercise after. Though exercise is nice and important, taking time for healthy food has a much bigger impact on my long term health. Simple choices like homemade bread versus storebought, and dinner from scratch versus a frozen package can have huge influences on health.

We plan to tailor our lifestyle to allow us both to be as healthy and happy as possible. For us, that choice included a plan to homeschool, goals for a large garden and homestead, and things like that. It can look different depending on circumstances, but overall we are planning for a simpler lifestyle so can take care of ourselves.

I hope some of that is helpful!

organicsunshine · 2019-05-23T00:27:24+00:00

I work out with a female personal trainer 3x a week and it has make a huge difference! She comes to me and the exercises are simple and effective. Mostly circuit training. I also cook and eat clean for the family. I often skip dinner for myself and do intermittent fasting a few times a week. I am at my lowest weight since having kids a decade ago.

love_minus_zero · 2019-05-22T19:43:52+00:00

My husband and I don't have kids yet (working on changing that though! :) ) so I don't have any mom-specific advice, but I look forward to seeing what others have to say!

I really think the number one thing is to not have a sedentary lifestyle. At my part time job I am constantly moving, walking, lifting, etc. and when I'm home I never sit during the day unless I'm eating. I've noticed that I feel 100x better like this than during my college days when I spent my days sitting in classes, even though I was still very active after class and on the weekends.

Additionally, I feel that being very in tune with my cycle (and therefore my body as a whole) has shed a lot of light on my health and how I chose to take care of myself. Everything is connected--some days I know I need to be gentler with myself and take it easy. And that's okay!

Galaxine · 2019-05-23T03:02:41+00:00

Well, I had surgery and had to take a ton of steroids and stay off my injured leg for almost 8 months in late 2017-2018. I put on a lot of weight. So right now, I'm losing that weight, ounce by ounce. Don't carry a tent down a muddy hill, ladies. You'll tear everything that can rip in your leg. Hopefully in a month I'll be cleared to work out. Right now, swimming gently and stretches are all I can do. I miss hiking. But I've lost 11 pounds. Loads more to go. Steroids and my husband letting burger joints, chinese takeout and pizzerias cook for 5 months didn't do wonders for my waistline.

I always have been a huge advocate of mental and physical health going hand in hand. Healthy mind AND healthy body. So I make sure that I take time to unwind and relax. I love reading in a bubble bath to de-stress. And I spend an hour a day playing with our pets. Walks, playing with toys, petting etc. It makes them happy and relaxes me.

We haven't been able to have children, so I've been to a fertility specialist. No good news. Which is okay, we were prepared for that after nearly a decade of trying and miscarriages. So we're working on preparing our lives and home for an adoption. I'd say that chapter of our lives, having our own child naturally, is closed. IVF is our only option left and we're morally opposed to it.

And lastly, I am ALWAYS on top of protecting my skin from the sun. Hats, long, loose linen clothes, sunblock etc. I burn like a vampire if the sun touches me. No skin cancer for me!

Title	Your Health?
Author	learningtomom
Upvotes	10
Comments	11
Date	May 22, 2019 1:42 PM UTC (7 years ago)
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