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Just Play!

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I always had walls around "exercise." It took me back to those humiliating days in grade school when I was the clumsy kid, last chosen.
I didn't have issues on the playground though. I could play on the bars, chase boys and play hide and seek.
If I get out there and just play, be it dance, act, chase the dog, ride a bike or swing on the swings, I CAN move my body and burn calories. It's just a paradigm shift. In my mind exercise is bad, but play is fun, So I choose to laugh and play.

- Submitted by BESTGRANDKIDS 1/27/2011 in Exercise | 1 Comments

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I spend more and more time worrying about the little things, when I should really look at what I have. Two great kids, who are my biggest motivators to eat better, do more and relax and play games with them. I keep finding myself wondering what I would do without them, and the answer is simple NOTHING! I keep going because my kids keep going.

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I also find it easier to play kickball and run the bases a few times a to keep my energy up all the while playing with my kids at the same time

- Submitted by FUN2HAVE38 1/27/2011 | 1 Comments | View Secret

Stay Active

If you have (active) children look at them when they play. They play hard and enjoy it. Try to forget to be an adult and play the way they do. They don't worry about burning calories or time. They just feel the wind in their face and the sun on their backs as they run, jump, bike or whatever. Laugh and play like a child. (You'll burn calories)

- Submitted by DDBRENNE 1/27/2011 | 0 Comments | View Secret

Just Dance

I love to play Just Dance on the Wii. By playing it for an hour I forget that I'm even exercising...just having a blast! In an hour of hard play, I can burn between 500 and 600 calories...playing video games!345

- Submitted by MUFFINLF1982 1/27/2011 | 10 Comments | View Secret

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