JULY

Q: What is your goal in the next 12 weeks?   

My goal is to lose 50 pounds and tone up my body.

Q: How did your body change during pregnancy?                 

Mainly it was just my belly that grew and grew; I didn’t have much of a problem with any other part of my body.  Unfortunately, my belly didn’t completely shrink after each pregnancy.

Q: What areas of your body do you feel you need to concentrate on?

My stomach and arms.

Q: How long after you gave birth did you resume exercising?           

About 3 months after each child.

Q: How do you plan on balancing family, work, and friends while pursuing your fitness goals?

It is a struggle trying to balance it all, luckily I work at home which makes it a lot easier to eat the foods I need to eat and my family is very supportive, especially my husband. He makes sure I get my workouts in every day.

Q: What do you think will be the biggest challenge for you to accomplishing your goal?     

Having to really watch the foods I am eating and sticking to my diet, because I have kids there is usually some type of tempting snack foods around.      

Q: Take us through a typical day in the life of Michaelie. What's it like, what's your focus?

My typical day looks about like this-

I get up at around 5 am, get me, my daughter and my son dressed and we eat breakfast, then my son has to be to school by 8 am.  Usually my sister, my daughter and I take a 2 mile walk every morning as long as the weather is ok.  I get back home by 9:30 and I start working.  From about 9:30 until 2:00 I work and chase after my daughter and take care of whatever she needs, naps, playtime, etc.  I pick my son up from school at 2:30, come home and finish working, give the kids a bath and my daughter a nap, try to get dinner started, fold laundry and take care of whatever household things need to be taken care of.  My husband is usually home around 5, we eat dinner, I workout, get the kids in bed and read my son a story and I am usually in bed my 10 pm.  Typically my focus is mainly the kids, I am striving to put more attention into my workouts and diet.