Guest Blogger Maria Bowersock of Body By Nutrition is a busy mompreneur who shares 5 ways to squeeze in a much-needed workout!

Hey Mama,

How are you? No, I mean, how are you really? Have you even had enough time to stop and consider how you are doing? If you are like me, you are busy with a never-ending to-do list. You’re busy. So, thank you for taking the time to stop, take a breath and read this. I am so excited that I was asked to be a guest blogger for Momsanity today! I just wish we could be out at a coffee shop, coffee in hand and chatting like girlfriends (ok, or wine…I do enjoy wine).

First, let me introduce myself. My name is Maria Bowersock. I have many titles some of which are: Mom, Wife, Sister, Friend, Business Owner (Body by Nutrition), Nutrition Nut, Workout Junkie and so on. I love all of my roles and feel so blessed to get to do what I love and share that with others. But, I’m going to shoot straight with you here, it’s not always easy to practice what you preach. That to-do list of mine…it’s now getting longer and those workouts I so love seem to be the first to go. So, as busy moms, who want to take care of ourselves but also have a deep desire to put our family first, how can we still live the #Momsanity lifestyle and find time to workout?

Maria’s 5 tips that just may help you (or free you):

1. Changed Mindset: When I was in college, I had all the time in the world to workout. Enter mom life…Time. What time? Am I right? Changing the way I look about working out has really helped me. I no longer refer to my workout as one more thing on my to-do list but as my “me time”. This is my time to destress and recharge to be a good mom and wife. Being tired and worn down is not helpful to me or my family. I need this time…for me, yes, but even for my family.

2. Get Excited: When you are going on a trip trip, like Disney World, don’t you plan and prepare and get excited about all you are going to do? We are actually going at the end of the month and so we are planning everything and getting excited now! I encourage you to do the same with your workouts. Get a playlist together that you get excited to listen to, find a workout that you are wanting to try, buy a new workout outfit and make it exciting so you look forward to it.

3. Do What You Can: at the end of the day, we can only do what we can do. Maybe for you, it’s 1 min lunges throughout the day or a 20 min high intensity workout. Do what you can but just do something and you won’t regret it!

4. Rise and Grind: outsmart those kiddos and get up before they do and squeeze in a quick workout. Again, do what you can. When I was pregnant, all I could do was 10 min on some days so that’s what I did.

5. Have Fun with the Kids: exercising doesn’t have to be mutually exclusive from taking care of the kids throughout the day. Here are a few things you can do with the kids AND get a nice workout in: take the kids on a walk, play tag (be sure to run, baby, run!), go to the park and sneak in some squats and lunges or just simply run with the kids.

Have fun with your workouts! You are worth it and deserve nothing less then good health. Cheers to you, Mama! You are a beautiful woman and a good mom.

xo

Maria Bowersock