Then, that is exactly what I came to see it as. A distraction. A waste of time. I wasn't actually saving time, bettering relationships, improving myself, or using the recipes enough to justify the time being spent on pintersest. At some point in time this year, I stopped using it. If I went on, I barely would pin anything. I thought I was better off this way....
Until recently. Where pinterest became my friend. No longer an obsession or enemy. Some ideas I have for you, my friends, to actually use some possible pins you pinned.
Lazy Fitness.
http://violetsage.wordpress.com/tag/lazy-girl-fitness/
Brilliant idea on her part. No excuse now... except I can't remember what exactly she recommended for what activities? So, here copy and paste this and change the fonts as you please. Then you can print, cut, and post them near where you do those activities.
Microwave Abs
Exercise one: Abs Twists – Stand with your feet shoulder width
apart, stand up as tall as you can and squeeze your abs. Twist back and forth
as many times as you can, the more you do the better your abs will get!
Exercise 2 – Leg Lift Twists – After you burn out your abs
twisting, try it with a leg twist. Same stance as the first exercise but then I
lift my opposite leg with the twist and “crunch” down a little.
Cooking
1. Milk Curls – Milk is heavy when full so I like to do bicep
curls. All you do is keep your elbow in and curl up and down. I do 10 on each
arm, measure the milk out then do 10 more.
2. Butt Abductors – This one is the easiest of the two, while
you are standing at the oven making sure something doesn’t burn you can work
your butt out. Stand with one foot slightly in front while the other leg lifts
directly backwards. I do about 20 on each leg, 2x.
Counter Tops and Hallways
I don’t walk… I lunge through my hallways. Try this all day long
and see how that butt feels in the morning.
Everyone has a counter top!! Why not do some standing push ups?
Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and start performing standing push
ups. Do 30!
Play Like a Kid
First – Climb the Mountain. Start in a push up position with
your feet together and your booty low. Then start “running” by switching your
feet. Try to do a minute without stopping, or you can race your little one up a
“mountain”.
Second – Superman!!! Start laying on your stomach then lift up
and hold. You can also move your feet back and forth like scissors for even
more of a challenge.
Leggy
Exercise one – Step Jumps! Jump up and down on the stairs with
two feet. Try to do 10 without stopping and then slowly add more as it gets
easy. Also try to jump through your whole foot almost like your on a
trampoline.
Exercise Two – One Leg Balanced Calf Raises. Balance yourself
using the railing and the wall and try to do 15 calf raises on each leg while
balancing on the other.
3 Minute Arms
The 1st Exercise I do during commercial break are bicep curls. I
use 5lbs and 10lbs weights. Keep your elbows in and don’t rush the curl,
concentrate on good form.
2nd Exercise that I do immediately after the Bicep curls is a
shoulder press. Stand up straight and make a touchdown motion then press up
until the weights almost touch and then pull it back down.
Reading a Book
1. Leg Raises – Sit with your back up against a wall, bend one
knee into your chest. With the other leg lift it up and down 20 times on each
leg.
2- Side Lifts – Lay on your side, and start to lift your leg,
start with 10 low lifts, 10 middle lifts and then 10 high lifts. Don’t forget
to switch sides!
3- Butt Lifts! Lay your magazine or book flat and lift your leg up. Do 15 with a bent leg and 15 with a straight leg, then switch. Make sure your lifting only to horizontal and your squeezing your tush as well!
Laundry Time
Enter Lazy Girl Fitness, Laundry style. Here are two things I
like to do while I’m doing laundry. The first is a dead lift with the laundry
basket. Squat down, lift your laundry with you and then above your shoulders
for a little extra. Do this 15 times each time you have a new load (dirty or
clean).
Once you’ve dead lifted your laundry, time to fold it. What
better way to fold but with a wall sit! Stand with your feet shoulder width
apart and then proceed to sit against the wall (keeping your back flat) and
fold. If it gets too easy, try going on your toes in a releve, shoot for
folding 5 pieces of laundry at a time.
Brushing Teeth
1. Toe Raises
– Stand with your feet shoulder width apart, raise up to a high releve and then
back down. I do this 20 times.
2. Side Lunges
– Start in a standing position, lunge to the Left or Right then push-off your
lunge leg. One leg stays stationary at all times, do 12 on each leg then switch
to the other side.
3. Stationary
Lunges – I put my leg on the bath tub then proceed to do 15 stationary lunges
on each leg. (tip – If you can’t see your toes then your foot is to close, push
it out).
30 jumping jacks
5 pushups
25 high knees
7 burpees
10 crunches
7 squats
5 pushups
10 crunches
5 pushups
7 squats
30 jumping jacks
1 minute wall sit
5 pushups
25 knee highs
Repeat 3-5 times for max results
Here are some encouraging words
Set
goals.
Exercise.
Love yourself.
Focus on
fitness.
Rest
and Relax.
Eat right.
Smile.
Portray Positive.
Enjoy
Life.
Care
for others.
Tell
yourself you can do this.
It was originally a picture, but I typed it out so I could print without wasting a ton of black ink.
http://my-wishful-shrinking.tumblr.com/post/11324923466
Another tip that I have enjoyed doing to make sure you actually use your pinterest is to make your boards specific enough that you can easily find what you remember and visit your own boards frequently.
One board that is easy to use some sort of funny board. On bad days, I go and visit mine and it brightens my day enough where I can get back to working.
I feel like actually using pinterest to do things in REAL life helps me to be a better homemaker. I am starting to learn which pins I actually use, so it helps while scanning friends pins
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What pinterest tips have you found to work for you? What stage are you in? Maybe you all are better and never had the first two. If so, kudos to you!
P.S. If you are wondering about that piece of paper you can kind of see on the door in the reflection in the mirror in the bathroom pic, this is what it is! A good motivational "Only You Can Choose to be Happy" poem.
