{Day 1} 31 Days of Health and Exercise Oct. 2012

 Every Year the Nesting place hosts a series called 31 days 

This is her third year and I am super excited to be 

participating in her link up this October

Basically anyone can join in, 

just pick a topic and write about it every day for the month of October

Think short posts with one point made each day

Anyone who is participating goes to the Nesting Place to link up 

their 31 days series on October 1st

Day 1: See below

Day 2: You Have Options

Day 3: Setting Goals 

Day 4: Water

Day 5: Planning Your Workouts

Day 6: Running

Day 7: Chocolate Protein Smoothie 

Day 8: Make a Motivational Board

Day 9: Workouts You Can Do Anywhere

Day 10: Cottage Cheese Ranch Dip

Day 11: Working Out to Music   

Day 12: Treadmill Workouts

Day 13: What Do Your Cravings Mean?  

Day 14: My Favorite Leg Exercises  

Day 15: Pushups  

Day 16: Green Smoothies  

Day 17: Abs

Day 18: Favorite Health and Exercise Apps

Day 19: Library DVD Workouts  

Day 20: Elliptical Workouts  

Day 21: Confidence  

Day 22: Getting enough Zzzz's 

Day 23: My favorite Arm Exercises

Day 24: Losing Love Handles

Day 25: Breakfast 

Day 26: Working out Alone vs. with a partner 

Day 27: Crossfit 

Day 28: Exercise to Relieve Stress  

Day 29: Sign Up for a Race 

Day 30: No Excuses 

Day 31: Courage to Start 

 

{Day 1}

October is my favorite month I love the fall weather,

fall colors, fall decor, fall clothes, Halloween and it is my birthday month 

so what better way to celebrate than to share my 31 days with you

I really wanted to participate in this series 

I thought it would be a lot of fun

although it would be a lot of work, planning, putting myself out there

and hoping and stressing that it is good enough content 

people would enjoy reading 

But that is a risk I am going to take

I am going to focus on just having fun with this 

and hope you follow along with me 

So after thinking long and hard about a topic

I decided on something that means a lot to me and is a big part of my life

Something that I love and want to share 

so.... my 31 days series is: 

 First I am going to share a little bit about me and why this topic is part of who I am.

 Lets start from the beginning

My parents put me in dance and tumbling when I was a little girl

And just like most little girls out there, I loved it

The dance was fun but I took right to the tumbling and you 

could say I had a bit of natural talent in that department 

When I turned 8 I started gymnastics 

From the moment I stepped foot in that gym, put my first leotard on,

met my first coach, and had my first class I was hooked

From the time I was 8 until I was 18 it is safe to say
 Gymnastics was MY LIFE!  

 I was working out 4 hours a day, 5 days a week

I was fit, lean and strong 

I loved to be in shape 

It was just part of who I was

 (2004)

My goal was to be a college gymnast and to make a 

long story short I got injured (fractured my back) my senior year in high school

and being a college gymnast just wasn't in the cards for me anymore

As devastated as I was I got over it, stayed involved in coaching gymanstics

and most importantly my love for exercising and being healthy stayed with me 

Now 8 years after my gymnastics career has been over 

I learned I love to run, I love the gym and I 

love to make up workouts  

it is a part of me.

Because of this love for exercising I 

studied and graduated with a bachelors from SUU

in Physical and Health Education

 I just completed my student teaching in those two areas 

April of 2012 and I absolutely LOVED it

I am not teaching yet because I am choosing to be a stay at home mom right now 

but hope to be teaching PE and Health not too far in the future

I love the high school age and have a passion for sharing 

how to be and stay physically fit not only in their school years 

but to use the skills and knowledge the rest of their lives

I have also thought about getting certified  as a personal trainner 

but we will see 

so what is 31 days of health and exercise going to entail?

Starting October 1st and going through the rest of the month

 I am going to be writing a post everyday
 of different subjects within health and exercise such as tips and tricks

 of both health and exercise, healthy recipes, resources

 and some great workout ideas

I just had my second baby 6 weeks ago and I am 

excited to get back into the groove of regular Health and exercise

so this series is also going to help me along 

and motivate me to get back on track as well

I will still be having other posts this month including

Halloween decor ideas, recipes, crafts and giveaways 

so I might have more than one post in a day so make sure to 

check back to see what is going on over here at

 A mommy's life...with a touch of Yellow

I hope you enjoy this series,

get motivated and maybe even learn a thing or two :)
I also hope that you will comment, ask questions
and provide any topics YOU want me to cover
in these next 31 days :)

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