Hello Blissfully Miller readers, I'm Tonya! I want to first
thank Jessica for allowing me to visit and be a guest on her blog and share
some awesome fitness tips and information with you! As a mom of three children
(including a set of twins) I KNOW how difficult it can be to first of all find
time to go to the gym and shed baby weight or just additional pounds that you
may have had for a while and just haven’t been able to get rid of! EEEEKKK!
My fitness journey started 3 years ago roughly about a year
after I had my twins. Since I didn’t have a ton of time to physically go to the
gym, I pressed play on my first P90X at home workout video and never looked
back! Honestly, I’ve never had any trouble with being a big person due to
genetics, but I KNEW I wasn’t in shape and I had gained some additional pounds
after my twins!! With kids, I realized it was tough to get to the gym 3-4 times
per week, so I took to RevAbs and P90X workouts that I could do right in the comfort
of my own home while the kids were asleep! NO EXCUSES! I was working out maybe
a couple times per week with the videos and TRYING to watch what I was eating,
but It wasn’t until after I had my 3rd child in 2012, that I completely
altered my diet and committed to a healthy and fit lifestyle. 6 weeks after
having my last child, I went back into my fitness routine 6 weeks later (was
cleared by my doctor of course) doing probably more cardio (kickboxing and abs)
than anything to shed those pounds I had gained during my pregnancy. I stayed
away from “trendy diets”, “pills” or “easy fixes” because those things are only
temporary and you’re more likely to slip back into old habits. My current workout
regime includes working out AT LEAST 5 times per week, in which you need to do
about this frequently in order to see a REAL CHANGE in your body. I like to
switch up my workouts with different group fitness classes such as spin, Barre,
Pilates, kickboxing and resistance and cardio training at the gym, that way you
give different muscles a chance to work! In addition to that, the best thing I
ever did was get a fitness accountability partner (my husband!) and completely
changed EVERYTHING that I was doing that was effecting my body negatively! My
husband now holds me accountable for sticking to my daily workouts and helping
me stick to clean eating!
My
accountability partner!!!
With this change in lifestyle came my desire to motivate and
inspire my fellow mommies, friends and family struggling with weight issues to
become healthier, fit and essentially live longer! My husband and I created
HisHer FitLife in June of 2013! Our Facebook page and website is committed to
helping individuals and couples change their lives and improve their health
through healthy eating and an active lifestyle! Our mission is encourage
couples to work out together as well as individuals with their friends! On our
website/page we share fitness tips, offer newsletters and also offer at home
workout programs in addition to healthy and nutritional foods that will assist
with burning that stubborn fat!
Which is actually one of the topics we discuss most, is how
to burn off that fat that is SO hard to get rid of!! I probably get asked this
question AT LEAST once per day!! And the answer is NOT what you would think! We
can do 1,000 crunches, but that won’t MELT fat, it’ll only build onto the
muscle that we have buried underneath. There is so much more that we need to
consider in order to lose that fat:
1).
HIIT Intervals or Cardio!
2).
Remove sugar from your diet
3).
Eat more protein!
4)
WATER, WATER, WATER
4).
Sleep
5).
Eat!
The
great thing about these tips is that it not ONLY applies to those frustrated
mommies, but also to those who have struggled with trying to shed that extra
tummy weight! Remember, belly fat isn’t something that can be spot reduced with
fad diets and certain exercises. Instead, as part of healthy eating regimen and
workout routine, these simple steps can help you zap stubborn belly fat faster
and get the lean, sexy core that you’ve always wanted.
This is an example of some
our blog topics that we share with our followers to encourage people to eat
right and get on the path to a healthy lifestyle! We invite you to visit
our website and follow our Facebook page @ HisHer FitLife for more detailed
information and for daily workout and healthy eating tips! http://www.hisherfitlife.com.
You can also contact me at tonya@hisherfitlife.com
Stay Fit My Friends!
