Family Fitness Files

Boy, having the kids home all day sure is distracting! I wanted to let you know I am still here, just not finding much time for blogging. I did manage to get in a treadmill workout today – 30 minutes w/ lots of running. It’s been very humid today and I was totally soaked in [...]

I must admit I didn’t have much hope for today. The kids got out of school last Friday (at 11:30 am – what’s up with that?!) and we have been busy ever since. We wound up going out for lunch and dinner on Friday, and lunch on Saturday. This is not anywhere close to our [...]

So, I haven’t been working out much lately. I know. What a bum. Well, I don’t like to make excuses, but I do (conveniently) happen to have one. See, on Saturday, I spent the whole day down at my town’s ball fields, watching my son’s game and others. This is what I do for fun [...]

I enjoyed my off day yesterday. We got back late from the concert Monday night and had an appointment scheduled for the middle of the day. I spent most of the day just taking care of things around the house and hanging out with my husband since he took the day off work. We walked [...]

Well, as you probably know, last night I went and saw Nickelback. What an awesome show. If you’re a fan, I highly recommend going to see them. They played just about all of my favorites, plus many others, and the lead singer was cracking us up with jokes all night.

All smiles before [...]

I love Thursday nights. It’s the one night each week my son doesn’t have baseball practice. Now, don’t get me wrong. I love baseball. (Don’t believe me? Read this.) I love watching my son play and have always been scorekeeper for his teams over the years. I put the TV on [...]

Just a quick post today. This Saturday, April 17, is the day for Pat’s Run. I wrote about it a while back. Please review that post to learn more about Pat’s Run, and the life and legacy of my fellow San Josean, Pat Tillman. My son has a baseball game Saturday morning and my husband [...]

Well, I can’t seem to lose any weight lately. Whatever. I’m still working out, still watching what I eat. I stopped by our friend No More Bacon’s blog to let him know I’m in it ’til the finish. I pushed myself through a third set of kettle bells yesterday when I wanted to quit, even [...]

So, on Tuesday, I finally got around to trying the second DVD my friend Barb loaned me. This one is called No More Trouble Zones, and it is the same format as the Burn Fat Boost Metabolism DVD: warm-up, circuits with two sets each, stretch. I’m sure I have “trouble zones.” It’s just that I [...]

My Danskin Now 10 pound kettlebell

As you know from previous posts, I’ve been mixing things up lately, and so far I’m seeing good results. One of my new tools is a 10-lb. kettlebell. I bought the Danskin Now kettlebell, which came in a pretty pearly lavender color. It included and exercise guide (photos & [...]