Good Hair Day, or Not
25 May 2010 4 Comments
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: deep thoughts, emotional, good hair day, gravity, hairdresser, laser tag, laughing, soul, squats, sweating, sweeping
GRAVITY Experiment Days #40 & #41
Today’s weight: 145.0
Pounds lost / pounds to go: 5.5 / 9.5
Exercise: 30 min of laser tag (this did include fast walking up and down ramps, several deep squats, and lots of laughing – I was sweating like a pig); 20 min of sweeping two driveways and two sidewalks in jungle humidity – I’m calling it a day with that
We’ve been really busy over the past week (like everyone else) so it’s a struggle for me to even get in front of the computer. So this post is a completely random thought that has been floating around in my head today. I have been using this blog as a collection of stories and fun stuff that happens in our family as a memoir of sorts for my kids. I want them to know what their mom thinks and the deep emotional side of my soul.
So here are my deep thoughts of the day: Does it qualify as “a good hair day” if nobody sees you? Or better yet, is your great new haircut really that great if you can never get it to look like the hairdresser did?
Okay, discuss amongst yourselves… 
My Three Moldable Lumps
03 May 2010 Leave a Comment
in GRAVITY Experiment Tags: athletic, BOSU, cardio, gravity, Lowe's, lumps, parenting, squats, Total Gym, WaterRower
GRAVITY Experiment Day #21
Today’s weight: 146.5 (ate great yesterday so it had to be revenge of the stuffed crust pizza)
Pounds lost / pounds to go: 4.0 / 11.0
Exercise: 30 minutes GRAVITY training with continued “heart rate bumps” on recumbent bike, Pro II (arm & leg bike), and WaterRower; felt great at the end of my workout on the Total Gym so I did Get-Delt-With-It, Roman lifts, plank on the BOSU, mountain climbers, some type of push up I have no clue what its name is and about 5 min on my abs (30 each of reverse crunches, heels to heaven, and alternating oblique crunches)
Okay, gut check. I’m 3 weeks into this experiment and I’ve lost 4 pounds. I’ve done 18 workouts alternating between GRAVITY training on the Total Gym and cardio. I’m feeling awesome about the workouts and really look forward to the endorphin buzz I get. Food intake is probably my weak point but I’m definitely making smarter choices. I have a love-hate relationship with food so I’m not going to get too obsessive about it – this needs to be something I can maintain after the experiment is over.
During church today, it was reiterated that parents have the single most influence on their children – more so than media, other adults, their friends, etc. Before I started this experiment, I voiced to my husband how I regretted the fact that my children never saw the “athletic” side of me. I was super active and sportsy when I was younger but my own kids have never witnessed this.
I have made oodles of mistakes parenting. I remember being horrified when I dropped my first child on the bathroom floor at Lowe’s when she was 3 months old. I know, awful. I thought she was strapped into her carrier and she just slid right out as I lifted it up. I was absolutely beside myself and crying more than her as we rushed to the doctor’s office. That now 3rd grader reads at a 12th grade level – she’d probably be at a college reading level if it weren’t for me;-)
But after you learn to hold, feed, burp, and change diapers, there is this moldable little lump that is looking to you as an example for behavior – scary. This experiment has changed my kids’ behavior in a very short amount of time. The two youngest munchkins wanted to go into the clinic today with Daddy because they wanted to ”workout.” By the time I got there, the 7-year-old said she’d been doing squats on the Total Gym for ”at least 30 minutes.” The youngest – well his big thing is to make faces and grunt when he does his lat pullups. Wonder where he learned that?
The oldest isn’t quite there yet. When we go to the clinic as a family, she opts for reading as opposed to sweating. I do think there is a point your kids pass where shaping their behavior becomes harder and harder. I’m not giving up but I know that I am going to have to be diligent and creative with her.
Maybe a reading stand on the equipment will do the trick?
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