ANDREA PAGE

10 ways to get fit after the holidays the FITMOM way

So being my area of expertise I could likely give you 200 but let me share with you the TOP TEN geared towards busy moms ( meaning all of us! ) 1. Create a plan (not a novel ) in your daytimer, blackberry ,outlook or whatever you use of when and where you will do what to get fit. Make it realistic. Daily regular shorter bouts of exercise are better for habit forming behaviour. For example. 1O minute tune-ups . 2 Get a buddy. Women are much more likely to stick with a program where th...

Boundary basics for busy moms.

Knowing its impossible to meet everyone's expectations in life is very important. Accepting it and yourself in it is crucial . You sometimes have to step back and be present to yourself and  be honest about you need. Solutions, not problems are the key! Do you ever find yourself tensing up inside at the list of things ahead of you. Feel like you are literally going to pull your hair out if you do one more thing? This happens to many of us moms, myself included. In fact I have so many people r...

Get Motivated Mama -”The Power of Now”

Everyone has this idea that I bounce out of bed every morning with a big grin on my face and energy to spare. "How do you do it?" is a question asked to me on the regular. I always laugh because clearly I present very differently then I feel. Depsite being continually honest over the years about the struggles that many people face with motivation not being unfamiliar to me. Motivation always comes second in my opinion. Motivation is a response to doing. Its like your brain wants to get on a movi...

Tis The Season to Remember What Matters

Im always a bit of a bummer around the holidays so Im told. The reason being is that I bring up the unspeakables. This year on my mind is on cancer. I think the consumer obsession that most of us know is overblown still sucks us in and for me I feel acknowledgment of the more important issues helps us all. Not everyone gets to enjoy the holidays. A woman I know this year would like nothing more than to fight off her cancer that has her bones breaking. (Its so painful for me to know this).It...