Suzy Q Homemaker

Four pregnancies pretty much wreaked havoc on my body.  With Timothy, I was fairly sure I would fall apart.  My abs were split, I had the stupid gestational diabeetus, and I was miserable.  Once he was born, I had no idea how to go about getting my body back.  Because of my diastasis recti (split abs), doing pilates and yoga were counterproductive.  Imagine trying to sit up from laying down.  Now imagine your abdominal muscles popping up like toast in a toaster.  That’s exactly what it looked like for me and it is not good for healing!  Finding a post-partum exercise routine was not easy.  I had to bind myself in pilates in order to keep my abs flat and that was really uncomfortable.

The wonderful Helene Byrne from BeFit-Mom sent me the Bounce Back Fast! Post Natal Core Conditioning DVD to try. Read more…

I’m late to this Breyer’s Smooth & Dreamy blog tour, but I have a good excuse: I wanted to eat every last one of the bars & sandwiches in my freezer first.  Between me and Jamie, we’re almost done.  We got out of the habit of eating ice cream every night, you know.  Since we both spent the summer trying to get back in shape, laying off the sweets has been a top priority. Read more…

Be sure to enter my latest giveaway on the shopping blog!  I’ve got a Seventh Generation Disinfecting Kit up for grabs.

Head on over to the shopping blog and enter the Betty Crocker “Bake Life Sweeter” giveaway!

Welcome to my stop on the Double Trouble blog tour!  After you read my review (and enter the giveaway) that you hop around to the other blogs who are hosting.  It’ll give you a chance to get to know some other bloggers and read some more reviews of this fun little mystery. Read more…