Mom on the Run

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Well, 2009 had it’s ups and downs. I that firing on all cylenders in the Spring – running 3-4 times a week up to 16 miles with a long run of up to an hour and down to my lowest weight in years. But I didn’t keep up with it. By the end of the year I had gained back the ten pounds I worked so hard to lose and was having trouble getting 2 runs in each week.

In looking back, I think my struggle to keep with my training plan was the result of three things:

1. My treadmill broke and my gym membership expired and so I had trouble getting in workouts when the daylight was limited or the weather was bad.
2. I stayed up too late and had trouble getting up early enough to squeeze in a workout even in nice sunny weather. I think my chronic lack of sleep also caused me to get sick a lot, further limiting my workouts.
3. Related to #2, my kids are getting bigger and stay up later. I used to be able to put the kids to bed by 7pm which left time (and often daylight) to work out in the evening. Now it’s usually 8 or 8:30pm before we’re done with the bedtime routine and they’ve stopped thinking of questions to ask or wandering downstairs to see what’s going on. By that time, I’m tired and it’s too dark and too close to bedtime to start a workout.

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Pancakes made from scratch taste so much better and only requires a tiny bit more work. We have pancakes almost every Saturday at our house.

Pancakes

• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 T brown sugar, packed
• 2 T oil or melted and cooled butter
• 4 t baking powder
• 1/4 t salt
• 1 1/4 cup milk

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