If You Care......

HA! Just thought the name of this coffee filter was funny. Ive been using them for about a week now and I just realized that it says "If you care" on the box". Um..what? Are other coffee filters made of baby seals or something? Geeze!! Apparently these are made with no bleach so when you discard them, bleach does not end up in our lakes and streams. I am all for doing what I personally can to keep my carbon foot print low so I'll put up with the slogan. But seriously, lighten up!

Calming Sounds for Babies

Ok, so I am not even going to pretend to be an expert here. I just want to let other mother's know about something that seems to be working for Jackson. Lately I have been so tired from watching him all day (he seems to be getting needier), then going to work and then finally getting my workout in. He has been so "on edge" lately and I think I have finally discovered something that helps. I downloaded the sound "Tropical Beach" from the Album "Relaxing Sounds of Nature - The Pure Meditation Album" and it seems to really help! When he starts to get fussy and yet he was just fed, burped and changed, I put this song on and sure enough, poof! He falls asleep or just sits quietly. This is an actual photo of him asleep with this sounds on in the background. All I can say is give it a try. I now find myself calm as well and with energy saved to workout later.

Jennifer Aniston's Yoga Pro Workout

I was reading US Weekly and they had a workout in their magazine that was designed by Jennifer Aniston's Yoga trainer Mandy Ingber. I will honesty try anything Jenn does because her tiny tight frame is smokin! I did it today and I LOVED it. I will now be doing it every other day in between my Zuzana workouts.

Before doing these exercises, I went for a quick jog as a warm up because I feel like workouts are more effective at burning calories when your heart rate is already up. Below are the exercise names and what to do. I don't have images because I pulled this out of US Weekly. If you are unsure of how the pose actually goes, you can Google it and click images and it will pop up right away.

Enjoy!

*6 Exercises Total
*3 Rounds
*Perform 8 squats between each exercise

1) Chair Pose - Butt, Thighs, & Calves
Hold for 30 seconds

2) Boat Pose - Abs
Hold for 30 - 60 seconds

3) One - Arm Balance (Side Plank) - Shoulders, Abs, Legs
Hold for 15 seconds, Switch sides; repeat

4) Forearm Plank & Leg Lift - Shoulders, Arms, Abs, Legs
Pressing back in to heels, raise left leg an inch off floor, flexing
foot and holding for 15 seconds. Switch sides; repeat.

5) Temple Pose - Thighs, Butt
Hold for 30-60 seconds

6) Tree Pose - Abs, Thighs
Hold for 30 seconds. Switch Legs; repeat

Day 12 - 2 Days until weigh in!

Hi everyone,

So I have to be honest, these last few days have been pretty rough. Ive been very tired from the workouts and Jackson. Work has also been pretty long too. I haven't been on top of everything as much as I need to be but I'm getting back on track. Here is a cool new workout to do today and I hope you join me. I have a weigh in on Friday and I would like to have lost another 2 lbs. Check out the workout and let me know what you think!

Hope you have fun,
Faryn

http://www.bodyrock.tv/2009/12/10/turbo-fat-blaster-workout/

And Jackson is cheering us all on!

This Week's Workout Song

There's nothing worse than getting on the treadmill, turning on your workout playlist and quickly realizing that you are sick of all your songs. So I am always constantly trying to find a new song to workout to.
Call me cheesy or old fashioned but I still like songs from the 90's! I'm just not into Autotune. So this weeks fun song for your playlist is the famous Jay Z and The Verve mashup "Bittersweet Dirt Off Your Shoulder".

Enjoy!!

Day 10 - Booty Lift Workout

Hi everyone,

Happy Monday!! I thought it would be nice to start the week off right with a good booty workout, ha! I found a fun looking one on Zuzana's website this morning. It includes the following:

1) 2 walking lunges. Then 4 backward jumps into a half burpee with jump (no pushups)
2) Step up & one leg elevated squats (30 reps for each leg) Yea right! Ill do as many as I can though
3) One Legged Bridge - 2 sets of 15 on each leg
4) One Legged Wall Sit - hold one leg up for 30 seconds then switch. Perform twice.

Click or copy and paste the link for the video!
http://www.bodyrock.tv/2010/01/14/burn-fat-and-tighten-your-butt/