Susan's Homeschool Blog

These exercise and fitness articles reflect personal struggles and ways I have overcome different areas of exercise and fitness as a wife and mother.

General Exercise: These articles will inspire you to get fit and find an exercise that you love. They will also show you how to fit exercise into your day and how to maintain your current fitness level.

• Finding the Desire to Exercise
• The Psychology Behind Exercising
  
• The Benefits of Exercise
• Fitting in Exercise
• Exercise Videos
• Staying Physically Fit

Zumba: These articles will give you an overview of Zumba, why it’s so fun, and the benefits of dancing to get fit.

• Zumba: Dance Your Way to Fitness
• Hidden Benefits of Zumba

Running: Running was something I tried briefly and decided wasn’t for me. Some people love the adrenaline of running and like it better than any other exercise. If you try it, make sure you have the proper shoes, because I ended up with blisters for being a cheapskate with my running shoes.

• A Good Pair of Running Shoes
• My First 12K Race

Weight Loss: Sadly, losing weight requires some form of sacrifice. I realized that reducing calories makes a bigger difference in weight loss than exercising does. Sometimes you gain weight when you exercise because muscles weigh more than fat. The only way to get rid of fat is to eat less. To not make your suffering go to waste, you might try fasting and prayer as an alternative to reducing calories. At least you’re accomplishing something spiritual by drawing closer to God at the same time!

• Ridiculously Difficult to Lose Belly Fat
• Losing Ten Pounds
• How Food Affects Weight Lost
• What is Fasting?

Sleep and Rest: Make sure you get 8 hours of sleep a night if you want to live a healthy life where you feel fully awake. You also need to build margin into your schedule: time to rest and have fun.

• Getting Better Sleep (Part 1)
• Getting Better Sleep (Part 2)
• Top 10 Reasons to Rest
• Creating Margin in Your Life: Part 1
• Creating Margin in Your Life: Part 2
• Creating Margin in Your Life: Part 3

How Exercise and Fitness Affect Marriage: Taking care of your body is the same as taking care of your husband. How you feel physically affects your marriage.

• You are Not Your Own
• Take Care of Your Body

Exercise with Children: How to exercise when you have kids with you all day.

• Jump Sky High Trampolines
• Practicing Sports Skills
• Swim Lessons
• Archery
• Volleyball is “Torture Ball”
• Flag Football
• The Pros and Cons of Sports

Tags: exercise, fitness, health, losing weight, running, sleep, Zumba

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