The "My Children are Under Quarantine" Workout

Yesterday my 4 yr old was diagnosed with strep... Fun stuff. And since I haven't been puked on yet today, I figured it would be a good day to squeeze in a workout while disinfecting. I'm going to keep this real, since I'm sure all you mom's have been there.

Necessary Equipment:

Not sure if this is even enough....

Optional Equipment:

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#1 - Keep Sicky away from you Chest Press

#2 - Wax On Wax Off - AKA Scrub EVERY imaginable surface in your home.

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#3 - 10.7 oz Clorox Bicep Curls

#4 - Cardio/Lower Body - RUN away from sick child if #1 doesn't work.

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#5 - When all else fails, lift a ginormous glass of wine to your mouth repeatedly until empty. Alcohol kills germs right??

L-O-L Disclosures: Yes, my pictures suck, my boyfriend has my camera. Yes, I'm drinking, it's after 5 pm. No, I do not normally look this ragged (side effect of having a sick child). And no, Clorox in no way compensated me for using/advertising their products, it is my own belief that their product will keep me safe from the evil germs.

Hope you all have an awesome (healthy) weekend!!!

And thanks for sharing a little laugh with me today :)

Top 25 Outdoorsy Moms

Hello everyone!! I just recieved an email this morning informing that I was nominated as one of Circle of Mom's Top 25 Outdoorsy Moms. I think this is something I could definitely qualify for. If you have been following my blog for any amount of time, you know that as much as I love fitness and the outdoors, I love having my kiddos involved in it with me even more. I believe it is my responsibility as a parent to raise my children in an active, healthy home with a passion and respect for the great outdoors.

Not to completely bombard you with you pictures, but here is a little proof of our active little family. These are not just trips or tourist activities, being active and spending time seeing the natural wonders around us is a lifestyle for us. I hope this is something they carry with them into adulthood and share with their children as well.

If you've made it through all these pictures without going buggy eyed, I'm just going to ask one last thing. Please vote for me! You can VOTE once a day for the next 20 days. I appreciate all the votes I've recieved already shooting me up into 2nd place! Thank so much and please continue to vote :)

It happens...

Life. It happens. To each and every one of us. We all handle life's little curve balls in our own different ways. Some employ healthy and productive means. Others, not so much. I unfortunately am in the latter bunch of people. Stress and I.... Let's just say it's not a good relationship. It's a major flaw that I have, and as much as I try to change it and do things differently when stress rears its ugly head, unconsciously I always end up resorting to unhealthy coping methods.

I haven't been posting anything lately because I don't feel entirely FitFluential or Tough like the brands I'm supposed to represent. I've indulged in a few too many pints of Ben & Jerry's, I've skipped too many workouts and laid around sulking instead, and I've beat myself up mentally over every single mishap making myself feel like a complete and utter failure. So here I sit, with the scale taunting me with a number I'm not at all comfortable with, and the knowledge that I've done this to myself for no good reason whatsoever.

I'm not going to sit here and say that I WILL change and this will NEVER happen again.  That's just setting myself up for failure. What I will say is that, I will continue to make every possible effort to change my coping methods for dealing with stress. Things in my life are not going to get better overnight, and I can't let them consume me. I may get knocked down, but I will get back up. I will take the sadness and anger and use it constructively to make things better instead of letting it consume me internally. Instead of drowning myself in a pint of Americone Dream, I will drown myself in sweat. That is my promise to myself.

How do you cope with stress?

Do you run it off?

-or-

Do you eat it into submission?