Stay at Home FIT Mama (trying to be anyway!) :)

BIG BIG thanks to my daughter who slept in until 9:30.  It really helps to "rest" when you have an extra hour to just lay in bed and relax. Yesterday for cross training, my supportive triathlete (hopefully future ironman) hubby biked with me and my daughter for 30 minutes around the neighborhood.  The weather is has been pretty mild for August in Chicago, so I am really taking advantage of being outdoors. This past Saturday was my long run, a big whopping 5 miles.  Whoopee, I did it though.  I was very discouraged in the first mile.  My knee had a slight throbbing pain, it was getting a bit hotter and running outside scares me in the fact that I might run out of water.  All was well after that first mile, which is usually my problem.  I have to mentally get myself through it and then all is well.  I did it in an hour and 5 min.  Just a bit over a 12 min. pace which isn't too shabby for someone who has been in physical therapy for the last...

Rest day for a stay at home mom, is there really such a thing?  If I'm not cleaning or picking up after my daughter, I am doing laundry or cooking.  There is no such thing as rest.  Days are gone when I worked full time in front of a computer.  When I would sit in a chair 8 hours a day and browse the internet and look for good sales.  Gone are the days of high heels and work clothes, replaced with comfy flats, knits instead of wovens, t-shirts instead of button downs, capri pants instead of skirts. So it's my rest day, and what do I do instead?  I walked, about 7 miles today.  I am fortunate to live close to a really nice mall, and I walked to it twice today :)  (Hmmmm fortunate for me, not so fortunate for my hubby!) How will this affect my 5 mile long run tomorrow.  Guess we will see.  No treadmill tomorrow, too, it's time to take it outside in the nice weather.  Thankfully Chicagoland is cooling down, I was getting pretty tire...

Hello!  Thank you for stopping by my blog,  my outlet to talk about my journey to run a few races and keep healthy in general as a stay at home mom.  Just to give a background, I never liked to run or do any activity in my twenties and I paid the price for "letting myself go".  Prior to meeting my husband, I started dieting.  When we started dating, we had our routine of going to work out.  After several months of hard work, I was down 20 pounds and very comfortable with myself and just 5 pounds short of my goal weight.  Now here I am, married and a stay at home mom to my beautiful 18 month old daughter.  Life couldn't be better except the fact that I have a few pounds to lose from the baby weight.  I was on my way and running again.  I was able to run the Hot Chocolate 15K (9.3 miles) 10 months after she was born.  Then winter came and so did the registration for the Chicago Marathon 2012.  Plans were looking great until my...