Today’s guest post comes to us from Heidi of Health Nut Wannabee Mom. Heidi is a 39 year old married stay at home mom living in Kansas City, who is trying her best to get the health thing down. I am a huge fan and enjoy visiting Heidi’s blog daily. Her posts are always interesting and informative and I learn something new with each visit.

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Last weekend my wife and I planned to work on our yard. We made a list of everything we wanted to accomplish. After getting up early Saturday morning, we spent the day working our tails off! With the help of our daughter and my mother in law, we made some serious progress.

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Alright! So here it is. My big announcement. I weighed in Monday morning and behold! I finally hit the big 25! That’s twenty-five pounds! Gone. Vanished. Disappeared. Elvis has left the building! Or at least 25 pounds of Elvis. =) I waited until today to tell you because I wanted to make sure I would maintain the loss, which I have, all week. I’m actually down 28 pounds as of this morning. But who’s counting? Ahhhh, I am!!!

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When I first began kicking around the idea of starting a blog, I came up with the theme of Family, Fitness & Finances. Sort of like food, folks and fun; only different! =) My premise was that these three key elements in peoples lives are interconnected. A recent comment to one of my posts “I love the idea of putting physical health and finance together. What’s the sense of having money if you can’t live healthy and long enough to enjoy it. :-))” just about sums it up. Right on, Ms. Cheapy! My thoughts exactly.

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I started walking regularly on November 3, 2007. Why do I know this? Because I wrote it down! Since then I try to walk twice a day. First thing in the morning after breakfast, I take a brisk half an hour walk. At the end of the day, sometime after dinner, I take a more leisurely half an hour stride.

When I first started this regimen, I really stressed about the fact that I “must” go walking. Over a period of time I have gotten used to it. Eventually it became second nature. I really don’t like missing my walks now. I feel good, as I commute to work, knowing that I got some exercise. You could too!

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WARNING:  This is not for the faint of heart.  Consult your doctor before beginning any workout routine. Remember to always warm up and stretch out before doing strenuous exercises.

Ever heard of a Hindu Squat?  OMG! If you have never done these before, proceed with caution. I was talking to a co-worker about exercising and he asked me ” Have you ever heard of a Hindu Squat?”  The answer was “No”.  Come to find out he used to be a personal trainer and Hindu squats played a major role in his workouts.  So, the next week we met at the gym and he began teaching me the correct form. He pushed me to do thirty the first night. I couldn’t walk up stairs for three days!  I am now doing 50 every other day.  These squats really improve your endurance and help develop your lower back, calves, thighs and hips.  What a workout!  Watch the video for a good demonstration.

Additional Information:
Fitness Guru Matt Furey’s Website

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As I write this I have lost 15 pounds. Fifteen pounds! That’s the equivalent of 60 quarter pound cheeseburgers. Fifteen, 16 oz rib-eye steaks. Or, thirty, 8 oz cups of cottage cheese…..Yuck!  No matter how you cut it, fifteen pounds is a lot of extra weight.

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