{"id":3692,"date":"2012-02-17T16:44:31","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/?p=3692"},"modified":"2012-02-17T16:44:31","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:44:31","slug":"fitness-friday-i-wanna-be-65-still-doing-push-ups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/02\/fitness-friday-i-wanna-be-65-still-doing-push-ups\/","title":{"rendered":"FITNESS FRIDAY: &#8220;I wanna be 65 &#038; still doing push ups!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks!<\/p>\n<p><strong>It was my 33<sup>rd<\/sup> Birthday last week <\/strong>(insert GULP) and this made me realise that I have to learn how to accept that I am actually getting older lol!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3693\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Amanda-and-Jackie.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3693\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3693\" title=\"Amanda and Jackie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Amanda-and-Jackie-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"FIT CHICKS Laughter\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Amanda-and-Jackie-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Amanda-and-Jackie.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laughter will always keep you young at heart \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now I know 33 is not old by any means but it is also not the age where certain things are still appropriate. <strong>My peeps and I always have these talks about \u201cage appropriateness\u201d<\/strong> like; can I still wear shirts with hearts and stars on them? Dancing on tables, do or don\u2019t?\u00a0 The big one of course being is it time to start having real thoughts about marriage and kids \u2013 which I am still not interested in talking about just yet!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The other part of getting older I have started to realise is how my body is changing but for the better<\/strong>! I mean yes, my body at times feels the effects of teaching Bootcamp 4 nights per week. My back screams at me from time to time to slow down but the good stuff is that <strong>I am more comfortable in my skin then I have ever been and care way more about the balance in life<\/strong> than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like as I get older I have started to completely understand how important it is not only to <a title=\"FITNESS FRIDAY: Getting real about getting results!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/02\/fitness-friday-getting-real-about-getting-results\/\">train hard <\/a>so my booty does not hit the floor from gravity but also <strong>how important it is to feel really good and <a title=\"Wellness Wednesday \u2013 Omelet Muffins are so delicious!\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/02\/wellness-wednesday-omelet-muffins-are-so-delicious\/\">eat really well<\/a> to fuel my body<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Now of course you still want to \u201ctreat\u201d yourself from time to time \u2013 like my Chick Nina from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\">my Toronto\u00a0Annex Bootcamp<\/a> did for me and gave me six amazing mini cupcakes for my Birthday \u2013 THANK YOU Nina \u2013 they were so delicious! (I wish I took a picture of them to show y\u2019all but I ate them too fast I guess)But it is also all about balance, and without it you will never truly reach your full potential.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I want to be 65 and still doing push ups<\/strong> \u2013 I know maybe not the most exciting aspiration but it is mine LOL. I also want to be sure that I am doing what I can to avoid <a title=\"FITNESS FRIDAY \u2013 Why would you feed the ones you love ammonia?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fitchicks.ca\/blog\/2012\/01\/3589\/\">eating things that can \u201cpoison\u201d my body<\/a> and create havoc for me!<\/p>\n<p>Now I do not expect to do everything \u201cright\u201d like starting today, I mean it was just last week my Birthday so I have plenty of time to get into the 33 year old head space but I do <strong>hope that the next year will bring more \u201cAha\u201d moments and be the year I find my full potential.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chicks, what do you love about getting older and wiser?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Amanda xo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Chicks! It was my 33rd Birthday last week (insert GULP) and this made me realise that I have to learn how to accept that I am actually getting older lol! 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