Happy Muslim Mama: Picture of the Day 08.03.14 – You Asked For It

I have been trying hard recently to add some exercise into my routine.  I did Pilates for a while from videos I found on Youtube and that really, really helped improved my movement and flexibility.  But I stopped when I felt under the weather and I haven’t wanted to start again since.

What I really wanted was to walk every day, but there has been no-one to watch the kids and after a few months, I felt like I had no energy and walking felt so haaard…

I decided to get an exercise machine, but had no idea where to start and no budget.  In frustration I moaned at hubby that it was his fault I had gained weight, because before I married him I was skinny.  I knew I was being completely unreasonable.

He did the best and worse thing a guy can do in such circumstances and said nothing.  The next day I came home from work to find this:

So now I really have no excuse.  I have been doing five to ten minute stints (read that as almost five) about three times a day.  I’m trying to build up my strength and the kids are having great fun using at a slide (one sits on it and another runs and makes him slide off) and trying to turn the gradient up when I am not looking.

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