Thursday, March 31, 2011
Insanity: THE ASYLUM is coming!
Insanity: THE ASYLUM is coming soon, so for you all you Insanity fans out there, listen up! The lastest Beachbody program will be available to COACHES first!
So, if you're interested in getting the program before it's released to the public AND you'd like to get it at a 25% discount on this program, and ALL of Beachbody's fitness programs and supplements, like Shakeology, click on the JOIN MY TEAM tab and sign up as a Coach today!
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Buh-Bye BMI? Not just yet…
How Accurate Is Body Mass Index, or BMI?
Is BMI still the best way to measure fatness? Some experts aren't so sure.
By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.
Essentially, BMI is a simple mathematical formula, based on height and weight, that is used to measure fatness. You should be aware of your BMI because of the health risks of being overweight (that is, having a BMI of 25 or over). According to a report in the August 2006 New England Journal of Medicine, excess body weight during midlifeis associated with an increased risk of death.
On the other hand, being too thin and having a BMI that's below the healthy range (18.5 to 24.9) can also be a health concern.
Many health care experts think BMI is a useful tool to measure weight and health risks, but others question its accuracy. Some believe a better way might be to take out the tape measure and check your waist circumference. Or is there a place for both methods?
What Is BMI?
In June 1998, in an effort to make sure doctors, researchers, dietitians, and government agencies were all on the same page, the National Institutes of Health announced its BMI guidelines. They replaced the old life insurance tables as a method to gauge healthy weight.
To calculate your BMI, divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared, then multiply the results by a conversion factor of 703. For someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall (65 inches) and weighs 150 pounds, the calculation would look like this: [150 ÷ (65)2] x 703 = 24.96. An easier way is to use WebMD's BMI calculator.
(This BMI calculator is for adults and not for children.)
According to the NIH definitions, a healthy weight is a BMI of 18.5-24.9; overweight is 25-29.9; and obese is 30 or higher.
The Measurement of Choice
BMI is the measurement of choice for most health professionals.
''I think BMI is a very good and easy screening tool,'' says obesity expert, Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
But while it is a simple, inexpensive method of screening for weight categories, it is not a diagnostic tool. Health professionals need to do further assessments to fully evaluate health risks. These assessments would include measurements of body fat percentage, diet history, exercise patterns, and family history.
Further, BMI does not take into account age, gender, or muscle mass. Nor does it distinguish between lean body mass and fat mass. As a result, some people, such as heavily muscled athletes, may have a high BMI even though they don't have a high percentage of body fat. In others, such as elderly people, BMI may appear normal even though muscle has been lost with aging.
Take for example, basketball player Michael Jordan: ''When he was in his prime, his BMI was 27-29, classifying him as overweight, yet his waist size was less than 30,'' says Michael Roizen, MD.
That's one reason some experts think waist circumference can be a better overall health measurement than BMI.
Another is that your health is not only affected by excess body fat, but also by where the fat is located. Some people gain weight in their abdominal regions (the so-called ''apple'' body shape.) Others are ''pear-shaped,'' with excess weight around the hips and buttocks. People with apple shapes are at higher risk for health problems associated with being overweight.
''Fat around your waist is more biologically active and can do more damage to your body than weight around your hips," says Roizen, co-author of You: On a Diet. "The data show that waist circumference is more reliable and more closely correlated with diseases associated with obesity.''
According to the National Institutes of Health, a bigger waist circumference (greater than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women) is linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, and heart disease when BMI is 25 to 34.9.
To properly measure your waist, no math is needed. Just use a soft tape measure around your bare midsection at your belly button. Find your upper hip bone, and measure around the abdomen above the bone. The tape should be snug, but not dig into your skin.
Nonas argues that waist circumference is not a better tool than the BMI ''because we do not have good criteria or cut points for levels of overweight, obesity, age or height.'' She also thinks that properly measuring the waistline is a little more difficult than measuring height and weight.
One thing that experts agree on is that weight is only one factor in our risk for disease. When it comes to evaluating weight and its impact on health, your percentage of body fat, waist circumference, BMI, and physical activity patterns are all important.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends that health care providers assess BMI, waist circumference, and any other risk factors for obesity-related conditions. Combining all of the information provides the best assessment.
What Can You Do?
The first step toward shrinking your waistline and getting your BMI in line is to start eating a healthier diet and getting regular exercise. Preventing any further weight gain and slowly reducing weight into a healthier range is an excellent goal.
And while you might want to lose more, dropping as little as 5%-10% of your body weight can bring dramatic improvements in blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar.
Nonas recommends four steps to a healthy lifestyle:
• Being physically active.
• Making healthy food choices.
• Avoiding overeating.
• Scheduling an annual physical examination.
''These are the vital parts to maintaining a long and healthy life,'' she says.
Is BMI still the best way to measure fatness? Some experts aren't so sure.
By Kathleen M. Zelman, MPH, RD, LD
What's your number -- under 25 or over 35? Body mass index (BMI) may not be a term that's on everyone's lips, but it's important for your health to understand what it is and to know your number.
Essentially, BMI is a simple mathematical formula, based on height and weight, that is used to measure fatness. You should be aware of your BMI because of the health risks of being overweight (that is, having a BMI of 25 or over). According to a report in the August 2006 New England Journal of Medicine, excess body weight during midlifeis associated with an increased risk of death.
On the other hand, being too thin and having a BMI that's below the healthy range (18.5 to 24.9) can also be a health concern.
Many health care experts think BMI is a useful tool to measure weight and health risks, but others question its accuracy. Some believe a better way might be to take out the tape measure and check your waist circumference. Or is there a place for both methods?
What Is BMI?
In June 1998, in an effort to make sure doctors, researchers, dietitians, and government agencies were all on the same page, the National Institutes of Health announced its BMI guidelines. They replaced the old life insurance tables as a method to gauge healthy weight.
To calculate your BMI, divide your weight in pounds by your height in inches squared, then multiply the results by a conversion factor of 703. For someone who is 5 feet 5 inches tall (65 inches) and weighs 150 pounds, the calculation would look like this: [150 ÷ (65)2] x 703 = 24.96. An easier way is to use WebMD's BMI calculator.
(This BMI calculator is for adults and not for children.)
According to the NIH definitions, a healthy weight is a BMI of 18.5-24.9; overweight is 25-29.9; and obese is 30 or higher.
The Measurement of Choice
BMI is the measurement of choice for most health professionals.
''I think BMI is a very good and easy screening tool,'' says obesity expert, Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, a spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association.
But while it is a simple, inexpensive method of screening for weight categories, it is not a diagnostic tool. Health professionals need to do further assessments to fully evaluate health risks. These assessments would include measurements of body fat percentage, diet history, exercise patterns, and family history.
Further, BMI does not take into account age, gender, or muscle mass. Nor does it distinguish between lean body mass and fat mass. As a result, some people, such as heavily muscled athletes, may have a high BMI even though they don't have a high percentage of body fat. In others, such as elderly people, BMI may appear normal even though muscle has been lost with aging.
Take for example, basketball player Michael Jordan: ''When he was in his prime, his BMI was 27-29, classifying him as overweight, yet his waist size was less than 30,'' says Michael Roizen, MD.
That's one reason some experts think waist circumference can be a better overall health measurement than BMI.
Another is that your health is not only affected by excess body fat, but also by where the fat is located. Some people gain weight in their abdominal regions (the so-called ''apple'' body shape.) Others are ''pear-shaped,'' with excess weight around the hips and buttocks. People with apple shapes are at higher risk for health problems associated with being overweight.
''Fat around your waist is more biologically active and can do more damage to your body than weight around your hips," says Roizen, co-author of You: On a Diet. "The data show that waist circumference is more reliable and more closely correlated with diseases associated with obesity.''
According to the National Institutes of Health, a bigger waist circumference (greater than 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women) is linked to a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol levels, and heart disease when BMI is 25 to 34.9.
To properly measure your waist, no math is needed. Just use a soft tape measure around your bare midsection at your belly button. Find your upper hip bone, and measure around the abdomen above the bone. The tape should be snug, but not dig into your skin.
Nonas argues that waist circumference is not a better tool than the BMI ''because we do not have good criteria or cut points for levels of overweight, obesity, age or height.'' She also thinks that properly measuring the waistline is a little more difficult than measuring height and weight.
One thing that experts agree on is that weight is only one factor in our risk for disease. When it comes to evaluating weight and its impact on health, your percentage of body fat, waist circumference, BMI, and physical activity patterns are all important.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute recommends that health care providers assess BMI, waist circumference, and any other risk factors for obesity-related conditions. Combining all of the information provides the best assessment.
What Can You Do?
The first step toward shrinking your waistline and getting your BMI in line is to start eating a healthier diet and getting regular exercise. Preventing any further weight gain and slowly reducing weight into a healthier range is an excellent goal.
And while you might want to lose more, dropping as little as 5%-10% of your body weight can bring dramatic improvements in blood pressure, blood cholesterol, and blood sugar.
Nonas recommends four steps to a healthy lifestyle:
• Being physically active.
• Making healthy food choices.
• Avoiding overeating.
• Scheduling an annual physical examination.
''These are the vital parts to maintaining a long and healthy life,'' she says.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Even Politician's have Fit Clubs!
Politics aside, this article shows the power of fitness and the power of P90X! To bring people from differing sides of opinions together for a workout is one thing, but to get them to do Down Dog's together - now that's genius!
(My personal commentary - the article seems a little one sided talking about Republicans and their quest for health and fitness. It does mention Democrats doing the programs too, but it's a little heavy sided. For the record - health and fitness is Bipartisan!)
WASHINGTON—Congress's new Republican leaders want smaller government, less spending, lower taxes...and sculpted abs, bulging biceps and flexibility they never dreamed possible.
To achieve that second set of goals, a group gathers most days around two televisions in the House gym to follow a series of DVD workout routines known to late-night infomercial fans as P90X, the "most extreme home fitness training program."
A group of young Republicans are devoted followers of Tony Horton's P90X workout routines. Kelsey Hubbard talks to the celebrity fitness trainer about his workout regimen and putting congressman through their paces in the House gym.
As have thousands of insomniac former couch potatoes, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and a crew of young Republicans have taken to the P90X workout routines with an ideological intensity. For the lawmakers, it's a get-tough fitness dogma that mirrors their promises to pump up job growth and chisel away flabby federal programs.
They may think like Gingrich and Reagan, but "we want to look like Tony," says P90X devotee Rep. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.).
Tony Horton is the tanned, buff fitness guru who created P90X and leads the routines on the DVD. Mr. Horton combined skills as a Hollywood personal trainer and actor to become a "Master of Motivation," blending sayings like "Bring it," with "Man, oh Manischewitz."...
Mr. Ryan started on P90X two years ago after two buddies—a Green Beret and a Navy SEAL—recommended it. Mr. McCarthy saw Mr. Ryan doing the workout and asked to join him, as did others. This fall, the new GOP in-crowd strutted its buff stuff on the campaign trail, waking hotel guests with the travel version of the workout—a frenzied mix of jumping, push-ups, pull-ups, weight training and 300 punishing abdominal moves.
The goal of the exercises is to "confuse" the muscles by working different parts of the body each day in a workout that escalates in difficulty. Like much that gains traction in Congress, it's a familiar idea wrapped in new packaging.
"I thought it looked like some kind of Jane Fonda video," says Rep. Aaron Schock (R., Ill.), 29, a former recreational weightlifter, but "it kicked my butt."
This all contrasts sharply with the normal routine in Congress, where extreme fitness isn't first nature. Especially in the grayer, jigglier Senate, some lawmakers walk to floor votes in rocker-bottomed, rump-toning sneakers and call it a workout. The biggest commercial health club on Capitol Hill, Results Gym, boasts 12 members of Congress among its 6,000 members. Most read the newspaper on the treadmill, while their stressed-out staffers jam the yoga classes.
"I would say it's been a victory to get some of them to take the stairs instead of the elevators," says Brian Moody, the gym's vice president for operations.
Mr. Horton, age 52, may seem alien among this sedentary crew, but his roots are pure pencil-neck. An Army brat, he says he was a classic "98-pound weakling: beat up at the bus stop and my lunch money stolen." He went to theater school, in part to overcome a speech impediment which he describes as "I talked too fast." That proved an asset in his transformation from a flabby, part-time pantomime to tanned-from-a-can late-night pitchman.
"Get your little bucket, my friends, because this routine is X City," Mr. Horton says on one of his ads, which can be translated to mean the routine is so extreme that those following along might vomit. "This is the 'X' in P90X."
Every morning at 6:30, about a dozen lawmakers on the P90X A-list gather toward one end of the basketball court in the no-frills, slightly stinky House gym, located near the Capitol. They drag a series of foam mats behind a makeshift curtain partition, cluster around two TVs on carts and cue up Mr. Horton on DVD. Members of the group change, depending on each lawmaker's schedule, but most regulars are Republicans.
They all do pull-ups on steel bars bolted to the walls, and share a couple of sets of barbells. The growing size of the group requires them to take turns, which slows things down slightly.
The group's unofficial leader is Mr. Ryan, of Wisconsin, the House Budget Committee chairman who delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address. Other diehards include Mr. McCarthy of California; Reps. Kevin Brady of Texas and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania; and Rep. Peter Roskam and Mr. Schock, both of Illinois.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, of Virginia, did the workout on his own, although aides say he no longer does the program.
Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, a newly elected Republican, bought the DVDs after Mr. Ryan appraised his colleague's election-season spare tire. "On the campaign trail, you just turn to flab," Mr. Duffy says. "It was a helluva workout…I couldn't move the next day."
Last year Mr. McCarthy took the videos on the road while he was recruiting Republicans to run for Congress. At least one motel operator called to complain that his jumping shook the floor, but Mr. McCarthy lost 28 pounds in three months, although he says he's added seven since.
North Carolina's Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, is the Democrat who most frequently joins the early-morning workouts. He recently traded P90X for Insanity, a cardio-heavy exercise program from Beachbody LLC, distributors of P90X.
Other Democrats have been in the group, including former Rep. Bart Stupak (Mich.), but he retired. Two others lost re-election bids.
There are signs the workouts could grow into a vehicle for bipartisan, bicameral fitness. "The members' gym is a great place to get to know other members on a human level," Mr. Schock says.
Mr. Horton, who describes his politics as "less liberal than I used to be," has visited the House gym several times to put the politicians through their paces. He says he's never seen a lawmaker pursue a partisan beef during the workouts he leads.
"They're just trying to survive. They hate each other and now they're next to each other in down dog," the yoga position practiced on all fours.
But Mr. Horton's killer calisthenics have yet to lure the highest-ranking Republican in the leadership, Speaker of the House John Boehner. While his colleagues pump iron, Mr. Boehner, a smoker and neat freak, vacuums, takes early-morning walks and rides his bicycle around monuments.
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON And PATRICK O'CONNOR for WSJ.com
(My personal commentary - the article seems a little one sided talking about Republicans and their quest for health and fitness. It does mention Democrats doing the programs too, but it's a little heavy sided. For the record - health and fitness is Bipartisan!)
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| Tony Horton with Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who follows the exercise guru's P90X workout program at the Capitol. |
WASHINGTON—Congress's new Republican leaders want smaller government, less spending, lower taxes...and sculpted abs, bulging biceps and flexibility they never dreamed possible.
To achieve that second set of goals, a group gathers most days around two televisions in the House gym to follow a series of DVD workout routines known to late-night infomercial fans as P90X, the "most extreme home fitness training program."
A group of young Republicans are devoted followers of Tony Horton's P90X workout routines. Kelsey Hubbard talks to the celebrity fitness trainer about his workout regimen and putting congressman through their paces in the House gym.
As have thousands of insomniac former couch potatoes, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and a crew of young Republicans have taken to the P90X workout routines with an ideological intensity. For the lawmakers, it's a get-tough fitness dogma that mirrors their promises to pump up job growth and chisel away flabby federal programs.
They may think like Gingrich and Reagan, but "we want to look like Tony," says P90X devotee Rep. Jeff Flake (R., Ariz.).
Tony Horton is the tanned, buff fitness guru who created P90X and leads the routines on the DVD. Mr. Horton combined skills as a Hollywood personal trainer and actor to become a "Master of Motivation," blending sayings like "Bring it," with "Man, oh Manischewitz."...
Mr. Ryan started on P90X two years ago after two buddies—a Green Beret and a Navy SEAL—recommended it. Mr. McCarthy saw Mr. Ryan doing the workout and asked to join him, as did others. This fall, the new GOP in-crowd strutted its buff stuff on the campaign trail, waking hotel guests with the travel version of the workout—a frenzied mix of jumping, push-ups, pull-ups, weight training and 300 punishing abdominal moves.
The goal of the exercises is to "confuse" the muscles by working different parts of the body each day in a workout that escalates in difficulty. Like much that gains traction in Congress, it's a familiar idea wrapped in new packaging.
"I thought it looked like some kind of Jane Fonda video," says Rep. Aaron Schock (R., Ill.), 29, a former recreational weightlifter, but "it kicked my butt."
This all contrasts sharply with the normal routine in Congress, where extreme fitness isn't first nature. Especially in the grayer, jigglier Senate, some lawmakers walk to floor votes in rocker-bottomed, rump-toning sneakers and call it a workout. The biggest commercial health club on Capitol Hill, Results Gym, boasts 12 members of Congress among its 6,000 members. Most read the newspaper on the treadmill, while their stressed-out staffers jam the yoga classes.
"I would say it's been a victory to get some of them to take the stairs instead of the elevators," says Brian Moody, the gym's vice president for operations.
Mr. Horton, age 52, may seem alien among this sedentary crew, but his roots are pure pencil-neck. An Army brat, he says he was a classic "98-pound weakling: beat up at the bus stop and my lunch money stolen." He went to theater school, in part to overcome a speech impediment which he describes as "I talked too fast." That proved an asset in his transformation from a flabby, part-time pantomime to tanned-from-a-can late-night pitchman.
"Get your little bucket, my friends, because this routine is X City," Mr. Horton says on one of his ads, which can be translated to mean the routine is so extreme that those following along might vomit. "This is the 'X' in P90X."
Every morning at 6:30, about a dozen lawmakers on the P90X A-list gather toward one end of the basketball court in the no-frills, slightly stinky House gym, located near the Capitol. They drag a series of foam mats behind a makeshift curtain partition, cluster around two TVs on carts and cue up Mr. Horton on DVD. Members of the group change, depending on each lawmaker's schedule, but most regulars are Republicans.
They all do pull-ups on steel bars bolted to the walls, and share a couple of sets of barbells. The growing size of the group requires them to take turns, which slows things down slightly.
The group's unofficial leader is Mr. Ryan, of Wisconsin, the House Budget Committee chairman who delivered the Republican response to the State of the Union address. Other diehards include Mr. McCarthy of California; Reps. Kevin Brady of Texas and Bill Shuster of Pennsylvania; and Rep. Peter Roskam and Mr. Schock, both of Illinois.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor, of Virginia, did the workout on his own, although aides say he no longer does the program.
Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy, a newly elected Republican, bought the DVDs after Mr. Ryan appraised his colleague's election-season spare tire. "On the campaign trail, you just turn to flab," Mr. Duffy says. "It was a helluva workout…I couldn't move the next day."
Last year Mr. McCarthy took the videos on the road while he was recruiting Republicans to run for Congress. At least one motel operator called to complain that his jumping shook the floor, but Mr. McCarthy lost 28 pounds in three months, although he says he's added seven since.
North Carolina's Heath Shuler, a former NFL quarterback, is the Democrat who most frequently joins the early-morning workouts. He recently traded P90X for Insanity, a cardio-heavy exercise program from Beachbody LLC, distributors of P90X.
Other Democrats have been in the group, including former Rep. Bart Stupak (Mich.), but he retired. Two others lost re-election bids.
There are signs the workouts could grow into a vehicle for bipartisan, bicameral fitness. "The members' gym is a great place to get to know other members on a human level," Mr. Schock says.
Mr. Horton, who describes his politics as "less liberal than I used to be," has visited the House gym several times to put the politicians through their paces. He says he's never seen a lawmaker pursue a partisan beef during the workouts he leads.
"They're just trying to survive. They hate each other and now they're next to each other in down dog," the yoga position practiced on all fours.
But Mr. Horton's killer calisthenics have yet to lure the highest-ranking Republican in the leadership, Speaker of the House John Boehner. While his colleagues pump iron, Mr. Boehner, a smoker and neat freak, vacuums, takes early-morning walks and rides his bicycle around monuments.
By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON And PATRICK O'CONNOR for WSJ.com
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Shamrock Shakeology!
Celebrate St. Patrick's day the HEALTHY way with a Shamrock Shakeology!
Shamrock Shakeology
1 Scoop Greenbery
1 tsp peanut butter
2 tbsp FF/SF Cheesecake pudding mix
1 cap-full peppermint extract
Ice and Water
BLEND and enjoy!
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| Greenberry Shakeology |
Shamrock Shakeology
1 Scoop Greenbery
1 tsp peanut butter
2 tbsp FF/SF Cheesecake pudding mix
1 cap-full peppermint extract
Ice and Water
BLEND and enjoy!
Monday, March 7, 2011
This is how I do it...
Happy Monday Morning! Hope everyone had a nice, relaxing weekend! We had a great weekend...it was nice to play outside for the first time in a few months. Momma got some sun, yay!
As some of you may know, I was recently featured as a Guest Blogger on WOAH Mamma!talking about my daily schedule as a busy Mom.
I wanted to share with you the article to show you how it IS possible to do everything you want/need to do during the day, including getting your daily exercise in.
Health and Fitness is so important to me - as is YOUR health and fitness. I want to be able to impower YOU to make positive and healthy changes in your life, so let me show you how I do it - how I make my health and fitness a PRIORITY in my life. Enjoy!
http://woahmommablog.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-is-how-i-do-it-kari.html
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Hi There! My name is Kari Moore. I wear many hats in my life, but most importantly I’m a Wife, Mom and a business owner. My husband, Josh, and I have been married since 2003, and we have a 6 year old daughter, Kassidy, and a 4 month old son, Blake. In addition to being a Mom (I’m marking this down as a full-time job. If you’re a Mom, you know what I mean!) I work full time in Life Insurance and I own my own Fitness Consulting business (http://www.coachkari.com/). I’ve worked in Life Insurance since 2002, so almost 10 years, and I started in Fitness as a Group Fitness Instructor in 2002, became a Personal Trainer in 2006, started my Fitness Consulting business in 2008 and manage a fitness blog (http://www.karimoorefitness.com/) – whew! Just typing that makes me feel tired, lol!
Clearly my plate is full, but luckily I’ve been pretty successful at managing all my of responsibilities. We have a semi-loose schedule in our household, meaning I haven’t scheduled my day down to the very minute. Who can do that with a Kindergartener and an Infant in the house? A typical Monday thru Friday for us looks something like this:
2:30 am – up for nighttime bottle
5:15am – alarm goes off (if the baby hasn’t gone off first)
5:15am-6:00am – Mom is getting ready (hair, makeup, getting dressed, hopefully remembering to brush her teeth, creating her To-Do list, etc.). Dad has gotten up by now and has gone in for wakeup call #1 with the Kindergartener (any average day can be 1-4 wake up calls with her, she’s not a morning person) and has gone downstairs to put dishes away from the night before and start breakfast for the Kindergartener, take the dog out and feed the dog.
6:00am-6:30am – Mom wakes up the baby (if he hasn’t already woken up and broken out of his swaddle, the little Houdini), changes the baby’s diaper and gets the baby dressed for the day. Mom will usually head downstairs to feed the baby and finish with the Kindergartner while Dad heads upstairs to get ready for work – and if Mom is lucky Mom might get a kiss as Dad passes by (he’s crabby in the morning too).
6:35am-6:45am – Mom and Dad are gather both kids, locking up the house, loading the car and heading out for the day. We all carpool together, one big happy family, sometimes…
7:00am – Baby is dropped off at the sitters. Kisses all around.
7:25am – Mom is dropped off at work. Kisses all around.
7:45am – Kindergartener is dropped off. Kisses.
8:00am – Dad arrives to work, exhausted and the day’s just begun.
from this time to 4:30pm Mom & Dad are working, Kindergartener has her “thinking cap” on and baby is (hopefully) napping, eating, playing & repeating.
4:30pm – Dad leaves work to pick up Kindergartner. (She attends an after-school program on campus)
4:45pm – Dad and Kindergartner pick up Mom.
5:00pm – Dad, Mom and Kindergartner all go to pick up the baby and head home.
5:15pm – Family arrives home, lets out the dog, throws bags on the ground and scatters.
5:15pm-6:00/6:30pm – Free time or Homework time for Kindergartner (depending on what she didn’t get done at the Y after school). Watch a little TV (usually Disney Channel), we play with the baby or give the baby a bath, Dad does something in the garage (his “me” time). Mom has, usually, started dinner so that its cooking while…
6:30pm-7:00pm – Mom puts baby to bed.
7:00pm-7:30pm – Dinner time. We make sure we talk about our Rose’s and Thorn’s, a tradition of the First Family that we started with our family. After dinner, we all help clean up the table while Dad does dishes.
7:30pm-8:30pm – The Kindergartner takes a bath and gets ready for bed and we get free time as a family. A little TV, maybe a game of Uno, reading books, playing a little Wii or Xbox Kinnect (I’ll only allow video gaming systems in my house that require physical movement, I know, I know…Mean Mom!)
8:30pm – Bedtime for the Kindergartner.
8:30pm-9:30pm – Mom and Dad finish cleaning up for the night and will start their individual workouts. Mom is doing ChaLEAN Extreme and Dad has developed his own strength training routine based on P90X with the use of Resistance Bands.
9:30pm-10:30pm – Mom’s “business hours” for her Fitness Consulting business (http://www.coachkari.com/ http://www.karimoorefitness.com/).
10:30pm-11:00pm – Mom and Dad sit to reflect on the day and will usually catch up on some recorded TV shows like Modern Family, Chuck, Idol or Decoded.
11:00pm – Lights out for Mom and Dad!
Do you and your husband work as a team? Yep! It’s been something that we’ve had to work on over the years, but we’ve got it down now! He handles the finances, I handle the majority of the care for the kids (bath time, putting the baby to bed, etc), he vacuums (I hate carrying the vacuum up and down the stairs!), I dust, he mops, I clean the bathrooms and we both do laundry. I do the meal planning and grocery shopping on Tuesday nights, which is my “Rest” night from ChaLEAN Extreme.
What is your current struggle as a working mom? It’s more of an internal struggle than an external one but making sure my family knows, and FEELS, that they’re #1 in my book! My fitness and business are top priorities in my life, but my family and my relationship with my husband are #1.
What do your weekends look like? Our Weekends are definitely more relaxed. The kids usually get up around the same time as they do during the day. My husband and I take turns sleeping in on the weekends – my husband’s sleep in day is Saturday and mine is Sunday. We started this when our Kindergartner was just a baby. Chores are completed (well, we make the best attempt to complete them!) and we make sure that we fill the weekend with activates that are family friendly and will usually include our extended family - we are Annual Passholders to Disneyland, along with our extended families and friends, so we usually end up there when the weather is nice.
Do you make time to go out on date nights? With a new baby in the house, we’re just getting into having some alone time. We’ve had one “date night” since mid-pregnancy. Before I got pregnant, we would have a “date night” usually every 2 weeks. Now that the baby is getting a little older and has transitioned from breastfeeding to formula feeding, we’re trying to plan our next “date night”. Lining up a sitter is the hard part.
What is the hardest thing about being a working mom? Scheduling out our days, and sticking to it. Before we had kids we were really “fly by the seat of our pants” kinda people. Nowadays things need to be scheduled in advance; otherwise they’re not going to happen. And, knowing what our priorities are in our life and keeping that forefront when planning our days is important, but challenging, too. Our top 3 priorities are Family, Business, and Fitness.
What is your “secret” to making things work? Creating a To-Do list every single morning.
Would you stay home with your kid(s) if given the opportunity? Heck ya! That’s my WHY for starting my own business as a Fitness Consultant and Beachbody Coach.
Share your favorite recipe, organizational tip, etc. You’ve got to create a To-Do list, every day. Each activity should be centered on your Top 3 priorities in your life. And I’m a big fan of the Crock Pot – what a time saver! When it comes to food we try to avoid eating out of a “box”, the “just add beef” variety. I’m not much of a cook, but I try to make things from scratch as much as possible. It’s therapeutic for me to chop veggies and garlic for dinner and channel my inner Rachael Ray.
As some of you may know, I was recently featured as a Guest Blogger on WOAH Mamma!
I wanted to share with you the article to show you how it IS possible to do everything you want/need to do during the day, including getting your daily exercise in.
Health and Fitness is so important to me - as is YOUR health and fitness. I want to be able to impower YOU to make positive and healthy changes in your life, so let me show you how I do it - how I make my health and fitness a PRIORITY in my life. Enjoy!
http://woahmommablog.blogspot.com/2011/02/this-is-how-i-do-it-kari.html
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Hi There! My name is Kari Moore. I wear many hats in my life, but most importantly I’m a Wife, Mom and a business owner. My husband, Josh, and I have been married since 2003, and we have a 6 year old daughter, Kassidy, and a 4 month old son, Blake. In addition to being a Mom (I’m marking this down as a full-time job. If you’re a Mom, you know what I mean!) I work full time in Life Insurance and I own my own Fitness Consulting business (http://www.coachkari.com/). I’ve worked in Life Insurance since 2002, so almost 10 years, and I started in Fitness as a Group Fitness Instructor in 2002, became a Personal Trainer in 2006, started my Fitness Consulting business in 2008 and manage a fitness blog (http://www.karimoorefitness.com/) – whew! Just typing that makes me feel tired, lol!
Clearly my plate is full, but luckily I’ve been pretty successful at managing all my of responsibilities. We have a semi-loose schedule in our household, meaning I haven’t scheduled my day down to the very minute. Who can do that with a Kindergartener and an Infant in the house? A typical Monday thru Friday for us looks something like this:
2:30 am – up for nighttime bottle
5:15am – alarm goes off (if the baby hasn’t gone off first)
5:15am-6:00am – Mom is getting ready (hair, makeup, getting dressed, hopefully remembering to brush her teeth, creating her To-Do list, etc.). Dad has gotten up by now and has gone in for wakeup call #1 with the Kindergartener (any average day can be 1-4 wake up calls with her, she’s not a morning person) and has gone downstairs to put dishes away from the night before and start breakfast for the Kindergartener, take the dog out and feed the dog.
6:00am-6:30am – Mom wakes up the baby (if he hasn’t already woken up and broken out of his swaddle, the little Houdini), changes the baby’s diaper and gets the baby dressed for the day. Mom will usually head downstairs to feed the baby and finish with the Kindergartner while Dad heads upstairs to get ready for work – and if Mom is lucky Mom might get a kiss as Dad passes by (he’s crabby in the morning too).
6:35am-6:45am – Mom and Dad are gather both kids, locking up the house, loading the car and heading out for the day. We all carpool together, one big happy family, sometimes…
7:00am – Baby is dropped off at the sitters. Kisses all around.
7:25am – Mom is dropped off at work. Kisses all around.
7:45am – Kindergartener is dropped off. Kisses.
8:00am – Dad arrives to work, exhausted and the day’s just begun.
4:30pm – Dad leaves work to pick up Kindergartner. (She attends an after-school program on campus)
4:45pm – Dad and Kindergartner pick up Mom.
5:00pm – Dad, Mom and Kindergartner all go to pick up the baby and head home.
5:15pm – Family arrives home, lets out the dog, throws bags on the ground and scatters.
5:15pm-6:00/6:30pm – Free time or Homework time for Kindergartner (depending on what she didn’t get done at the Y after school). Watch a little TV (usually Disney Channel), we play with the baby or give the baby a bath, Dad does something in the garage (his “me” time). Mom has, usually, started dinner so that its cooking while…
6:30pm-7:00pm – Mom puts baby to bed.
7:00pm-7:30pm – Dinner time. We make sure we talk about our Rose’s and Thorn’s, a tradition of the First Family that we started with our family. After dinner, we all help clean up the table while Dad does dishes.
7:30pm-8:30pm – The Kindergartner takes a bath and gets ready for bed and we get free time as a family. A little TV, maybe a game of Uno, reading books, playing a little Wii or Xbox Kinnect (I’ll only allow video gaming systems in my house that require physical movement, I know, I know…Mean Mom!)
8:30pm – Bedtime for the Kindergartner.
8:30pm-9:30pm – Mom and Dad finish cleaning up for the night and will start their individual workouts. Mom is doing ChaLEAN Extreme and Dad has developed his own strength training routine based on P90X with the use of Resistance Bands.
9:30pm-10:30pm – Mom’s “business hours” for her Fitness Consulting business (http://www.coachkari.com/ http://www.karimoorefitness.com/).
10:30pm-11:00pm – Mom and Dad sit to reflect on the day and will usually catch up on some recorded TV shows like Modern Family, Chuck, Idol or Decoded.
11:00pm – Lights out for Mom and Dad!
Do you and your husband work as a team? Yep! It’s been something that we’ve had to work on over the years, but we’ve got it down now! He handles the finances, I handle the majority of the care for the kids (bath time, putting the baby to bed, etc), he vacuums (I hate carrying the vacuum up and down the stairs!), I dust, he mops, I clean the bathrooms and we both do laundry. I do the meal planning and grocery shopping on Tuesday nights, which is my “Rest” night from ChaLEAN Extreme.
What is your current struggle as a working mom? It’s more of an internal struggle than an external one but making sure my family knows, and FEELS, that they’re #1 in my book! My fitness and business are top priorities in my life, but my family and my relationship with my husband are #1.
What do your weekends look like? Our Weekends are definitely more relaxed. The kids usually get up around the same time as they do during the day. My husband and I take turns sleeping in on the weekends – my husband’s sleep in day is Saturday and mine is Sunday. We started this when our Kindergartner was just a baby. Chores are completed (well, we make the best attempt to complete them!) and we make sure that we fill the weekend with activates that are family friendly and will usually include our extended family - we are Annual Passholders to Disneyland, along with our extended families and friends, so we usually end up there when the weather is nice.
Do you make time to go out on date nights? With a new baby in the house, we’re just getting into having some alone time. We’ve had one “date night” since mid-pregnancy. Before I got pregnant, we would have a “date night” usually every 2 weeks. Now that the baby is getting a little older and has transitioned from breastfeeding to formula feeding, we’re trying to plan our next “date night”. Lining up a sitter is the hard part.
What is the hardest thing about being a working mom? Scheduling out our days, and sticking to it. Before we had kids we were really “fly by the seat of our pants” kinda people. Nowadays things need to be scheduled in advance; otherwise they’re not going to happen. And, knowing what our priorities are in our life and keeping that forefront when planning our days is important, but challenging, too. Our top 3 priorities are Family, Business, and Fitness.
What is your “secret” to making things work? Creating a To-Do list every single morning.
Would you stay home with your kid(s) if given the opportunity? Heck ya! That’s my WHY for starting my own business as a Fitness Consultant and Beachbody Coach.
Share your favorite recipe, organizational tip, etc. You’ve got to create a To-Do list, every day. Each activity should be centered on your Top 3 priorities in your life. And I’m a big fan of the Crock Pot – what a time saver! When it comes to food we try to avoid eating out of a “box”, the “just add beef” variety. I’m not much of a cook, but I try to make things from scratch as much as possible. It’s therapeutic for me to chop veggies and garlic for dinner and channel my inner Rachael Ray.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
ChaLEAN Extreme Burn Circuit Review
I’ve recently finished the first month of ChaLEAN Extreme, which is the Burn Phase, and have started the second phase, the Push Phase – actually, I’m starting my second week, I’m a little behind in my review. :)
Can I just tell you how much I LOVE ChaLEAN Extreme? Seriously! This program is SO up my alley. Besides the fact that I’m a huge fan of Chalene Johnson, and have the utmost respect for her and all she does, it feels like this program was built specifically for ME! Now, I know that it wasn’t, but it’s great to find another soul-mate workout that compliments my OTHER soul-mate workout, Turbo Kick/Jam/Fire!
Let me first give you a little insight to the Burn Phase – ChaLEAN Extreme is all about lifting heavier weights, fewer/slower reps, and building lean muscle mass. The Burn Phase combines multiple muscle groups in 1 rep. For example, instead of just doing a single leg lunge, you do the lunge then go right into a reverse fly = 2 muscle groups in 1 rep. The goal with the Burn Phase is to reach failure between 10-12 reps. So you’re probably saying, “Ok, so I’m SUPPOSED to fail?” Yep! You need to choose a resistance (either hand weights or resistance bands) that is heavy enough that you fail between 10-12 reps. In the Burn Phase you’ll be jump-starting your metabolism and start to break down fat reserves, yay!
I really enjoyed the Burn Phase – when I teach strength training group fitness classes, this is the style that I teach (shhh, in fact, I borrowed a few exercises from ChaLEAN Extreme for my LIFT class, they LOVED it!). So, after starting back to working out after having my son in October, my body accepted, and responded really well, to ChaLEAN Extreme! Unfortunately, I completely forgot to take my before measurements and body fat percentage before starting the program. I did take pictures (gasp!) – and fought the urge to delete them when I saw them, lol!
The first week I went pretty easy on myself and I quickly realized that I could push myself harder than I had been – I didn’t lose as much muscle as I had originally thought (yay for working out during pregnancy!). I increased my weights and reps every week, did more push up’s (my nemesis) on my toes and started to see muscle definition again! There were definitely days that were tougher than others. That was probably a combination of starting a new fitness program, having a 3-4 month old baby and having a case of the “Sickies” run through our house. Yes, I did get sick during the first month. I got a terrible head-cold, and the “rule of thumb” for working out while sick is: if the cold is above your shoulders you can work out, if the cold is below the shoulders take some time off. Well, I got a TERRIBLE head cold and sinus infection. The pressure in my head was just too much to handle, especially during squats, so I took a week off. But, once I was able to work out without feeling like my head was going to explode, I jumped right back into where I left off.
The ONLY thing I didn’t like during the month was that I didn’t see a reportable difference in the number showing on the scale. And, again, I slacked on taking my measurements and body fat percentage. So, although I’m pretty sure it’s because I was building lean muscle, there’s no way for me to say for sure. Darn! I can report that my clothes are fitting looser, I’m back into my pre-pregnancy clothes (yay!) and I have an increased level of energy, which is extremely helpful with my 4 month old and his nighttime feedings. And, if we’re being honest here, I probably have room for improvement when it comes to what I’m eating. Although I strive for clean eating, there are those times where it’s just easier to eat out than to cook a meal – I’m a busy mom, what can I say?
So, to wrap it up, I’d say that the first month was a success! There are things that I’m definitely more aware of, things that I’ll be working on both physically and mentally, but I think I’ve got a great foundation established to be successful for the remaining 2 months, which is the goal of the Burn Phase!
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