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Does Your Mother Exercise?

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It is Mother's Day and here at FitSugar we want to know if fitness for you is a family past time with a matrilineal leaning. My mom is into walking and swimming, and she's even a Jazzercise regular. She inspires me, just as I hope to inspire my girls.

So I was wondering . . .

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48 Comments

vitisva vitisva
She owns a Curves for women
vitisva vitisva
She owns a Curves for women
keiraz keiraz
she exercises more than me :-"(
keiraz keiraz
she exercises more than me :-"(
cereal_please cereal_please
My mom NEVER exercises and she's obese. Go figure. I'm not gonna lie.. I resent her for it. She eats terribly too. I'm doing everything I can to avoid becoming her in that sense.
merryberry merryberry
I wish I had my mother's drive! She puts me to shame--she gets up at 5 every morning to walk the dog and then goes to the gym for an hour. Most nights after work she also goes for a hike.
rpenner rpenner
She also works at a daycare and runs after kids all day!
rpenner rpenner
My mom doesn't hit the gym or anything like that. But she walks miles pretty much every day.
kurniakasih kurniakasih
Growing up my mom was active in sports: running marathon, martial arts (she really kicked ass in this), bicycling, badminton, etc.She was very in-shape and proud of it. Now she does walking and some qui-gong with my dad. I suppose during my college years, she wasn't as active anymore, but just doing some light exercise.My dad was very much a health nut as well, even surpassing my mom. :sigh: I'll be honest, now that I think about it, I should try to be more like her when she was my age :p
kurniakasih kurniakasih
Growing up my mom was active in sports: running marathon, martial arts (she really kicked ass in this), bicycling, badminton, etc. She was very in-shape and proud of it. Now she does walking and some qui-gong with my dad. I suppose during my college years, she wasn't as active anymore, but just doing some light exercise. My dad was very much a health nut as well, even surpassing my mom. :sigh: I'll be honest, now that I think about it, I should try to be more like her when she was my age :p
piraterie piraterie
My mother doesn't exercise; I try to get her to do so, but nothing works. At least she tries to eat right, which is great, but I think she convinces herself that doing that makes up for not exercising. Every once in a while she'll do something (climbing over sand dunes the most recent example) and have trouble with it and realize that she's really out of shape, and she'll half-heartedly exercise for a couple days before going back to her normal routine of doing nothing. She doesn't like being around people, so joining a gym or going to yoga or something is not up her alley, but she won't do anything on her own or just with me either. I really wish I could make her realize how important it is!
Kate Marie Kate Marie
My mom exercises almost every day. She wakes up at 5:30 each morning! I don't get as much exercise as I should, so it makes me feel like I should be working out too so I can stay healthy and look young when I get to be her age. She's 51 and looks great.
Renees3 Renees3
My mom is a mail carrier so she walks for a living. But other then that she doesn't exercise at all. My dad is different though, he's a drummer (and believe me THAT is exercise) and he does Yoga and bikes a lot.
porkypocky porkypocky
my mom is naturally thin, eats well but she hates to exercise. i'm sure she did when she was younger but eh...seeing her struggle with asthma now makes me want to work harder now so i won't be like that when i'm her age, since i have it too.
kia kia
I wish my mother took better care of herself.
megnmac megnmac
My mom walks a few miles every morning, and has walked a 1/2 marathon a few times. My grandma turns 80 this year and got into fitness around 55 (she had 9 kids, not a lot of working out through those years). She swims laps every summer, and runs 6 miles in an hour.They are both inspiring to remember that I need to keep it up now, and if I lapse that starting up now is easier than later.
megnmac megnmac
My mom walks a few miles every morning, and has walked a 1/2 marathon a few times. My grandma turns 80 this year and got into fitness around 55 (she had 9 kids, not a lot of working out through those years). She swims laps every summer, and runs 6 miles in an hour. They are both inspiring to remember that I need to keep it up now, and if I lapse that starting up now is easier than later.
ahaynes ahaynes
My mom used to be a fitness instructor but now due to her back injury she doesn't do it that much. She like yoga though, so we have something in common. :)
sepiaraven sepiaraven
My mum does aerobics, runs or walks several miles almost every day. My dad is in a running club and runs miles and miles a week. Both put me to shame really!
emalove emalove
Yes, she does...she's naturally pretty small, but she eats super-healthy and walks a couple of miles every evening with my father.
hippiecowgirl hippiecowgirl
I hear ya, JudyRie.
hippiecowgirl hippiecowgirl
I hear ya, JudyRie.
JaimeLeah526 JaimeLeah526
Occasionally only to lose weight though.
lilprincess lilprincess
JudyRie, my mom is the same way. She REFUSES to exercise or eat right. She just doesn't care. She's overweight and so unhealthy. She smokes a pack a day and eats chocolate nonstop (with Type 2 Diabetes.) It makes me so upset because I worry about her constantly. I just don't know how to get her to care- I've tried everything I can think of. But, because of her, I will never ever smoke or not work out.
faerymagick15 faerymagick15
my mom exercises maybe 3 times a week by walking but that is it. Nothin really strenuous. But I have to say she does watch what she eats and eats pretty healthy.
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