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After weeks of sickness, everyone is well enough in my home to start exercising again and we have.  With a vengeance. I had forgotten how my body yearns and aches for my time in yoga and how the soreness in my muscles reminds me that I am strong.  I need that.  Especially now.

I don’t really have a lot to say this week.  I’ve been following the #2weekchallenge exercises with Mamavation.  The exercises have left me feeling exhausted and spent.  I haven’t really been feeling like myself; I’ve been feeling weak, drained, and emotional recently so exercise is super important right now.  I know that if I can drain my body through exercise then my mind will calm and I will have some focus.

So I push on.

I push my body daily to places that in November would have been a piece of cake…now take all I have.

Why is it so hard now?

Maybe it’s the stress. We’ve got a lot going on right now and I’m not handling all of it as well as I would like to be.

Maybe it’s that I haven’t really pushed my body since then. (Yeah, it’s probably that huh?)

So here I am…working on myself again.

I’m not just working on the outside though, I’m re-reading Frances Scovell Shinn’s collection of wisdom and I’m trying to make time to meditate for at least 5 minutes a day (that hasn’t been working out so well though).  I need this kind of comprehensive plan right now, because it’s not just the outside of me that is suffering at the moment.  I need to be strong; mentally and physically.

That’s what is important right now.

I’m down another 2 pounds this week. (17 pounds total) SO YAY! for that.  I’ll be taking part in the #2week challenge which will have me doing a ton of push ups, weight lifting, and lunges this week.

I’m also trying to be more present when I’m eating…I ate an entire bag of carrots last week sitting at the computer. An entire bag people. Yeah. While that probably wasn’t terrible for me, it could have easily been a bag of chips or something else not great for me. And it’s mindless eating. I wasn’t tasting or enjoying those carrots.  I want to work on that this week.  Focus on what I’m eating when I’m eating it.

Also on the agenda for this week: More Water Intake.  Yeah. I fail at this for reals. So totally going to be focusing on that.

So to wrap this book…I mean post…up, this week I’m:

• *participating in Mamavation’s 2 week challenge and including daily yoga afterwards
• *trying to meditate daily for at least 5 minutes outside of yoga
• *being present in my life and eating
• *thinking positive
• *taking care of myself
• *drinking more water

What are you doing for yourself this week?

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Amanda is the proud mama of two and owner of High Impact Mom, a socially aware mom-blog. While juggling the joys of parenthood and the demands of her career, Amanda also enjoys a healthy Twitter addiction and can usually be found there in her spare time.

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