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Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert

Blog: http://mamasweat.blogspot.com
At Mama Sweat, I don't focus on weight loss or acquiring the perfect body -- it's about the absurdities we moms face when we're trying to be mom, wife, employee (or employer), daughter, sister, friend, and the many other roles we take on; while making fitness fit into our lives. As a former... Full Bio
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What Fit Moms Wear-Winter Edition by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Another reader question! You know I love reader questions. This is a good one, too, and appropriate for a December post Hello Kara, I have enjoyed reading your blog now ... Read on »
What is a Tempo Run? by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms I don’t believe there is such a thing as a "real runner." You know what I mean: the person who is running to drop a few pounds refers to her neighbor who finished a 5K as a ... Read on »
You know you’re raising a fit family when... by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms You know you’re raising a fit family when... Everyone in the family has clothing made with DriFit. The kids request protein shakes for breakfast. Cr ... Read on »
Mindfulness on the Road by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms We  have a few more days on our virtual road trip before we take a break for the Thanksgiving Holidays. If the stress of the season gets to you, head on over to the ... Read on »
Getting Noticed by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms This weekend The Boy joined me in my office. He likes to steal all the credit cards and business cards he can find to "play mail" by slipping them through the handle on a d ... Read on »
Family Fitness: Motivating Tweens to Move by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms She's not a tween yet, but wearing a tee like the this, which Larysa Didio kindly sent to all of my daughters, will keep them motivated through Tweendom an ... Read on »
Scared Sweaty: This Fit Mom Looks Like a Witch for Halloween... Without Trying! by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Here's what's scary for me today. My face. Feeling a little like those knobby pumpkins. The "warty" variety, I believe they're called. These little bumps s ... Read on »
Weekend Update by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Hi Friends! Want to share the latest on the Hot (Sweaty) Mamas circuit. First for those in the Twin Cities, I'll be at Tangletown Crossfit on Saturday, October 29, at ... Read on »
Update #9 from Mamacat by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms It's been a month since Mamacat's Iron Girl Duathlon finish. I thought I'd check in with her to find out how the fit lifestyle was going, how she planned to keep up the mom ... Read on »
Inspiration in the Perspiration by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Since I woke up thinking (and this is not unusual), "How am I going to get it all done this week?" I thought what I needed was a little inspiration from another mom. O ... Read on »
This Week's Workout: Happy Dancing by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Here's the ad that ran in the October 24th issue of People Magazine! When we wrote Hot (Sweaty) Mamas: Five Secrets to Life as a Fit Mom , we had come ... Read on »
Want Your Body Back? by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Do you want your body back? Show me a woman with kids who doesn’t. I too long for that body of the 20-something I once was. But it’s not what you think. I can live with t ... Read on »
Acquiring a Taste for Running by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms The Toddler Trot. Those newly initiated into walking are introduced to the sport of running on a mini race course to experience the thrill of crossing what is likely their ... Read on »
Success not Dog Meat: Update from Mamacat by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms OK, must admit I was a little concerned about my friend, when I got this email from her just three days before the Iron Girl Duathlon : Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 201 ... Read on »
Getting to (Another) Point about the Pelvic Floor by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms As often happens when I interview someone for an article, sometimes we get off topic. I am notorious for starting a conversation about one thing and leading soon to somethi ... Read on »
Update #8 from Mamacat by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Back when we started following Mamacat's journey to becoming a Hot (Sweaty) Mama , her goal was to finish the Bloomington Iron Girl Duathlon on September 25, now less than ... Read on »
September is the New January by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Today is the first day of school for my girls. For a lot of people, September--with the start of school for kids (and the memory of that start still embedded in the brains ... Read on »
Where is my head? by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Lately I've had more than a few workouts where I feel like the woman in the video below (actually five years ago I was the woman in the video below), except that I can't bl ... Read on »
The Goal Post by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms I've had fitness goals on the brain lately: how best to set them, how often, how many, etc. I think they're an integral part of a fit lifestyle, even if you're motivated to ... Read on »
Without a Map by Kara Douglass Thom Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Fitness for Moms Last Saturday, after wrapping up my third of three triathlons this summer, I decided I would take a break for a week. Partly self-imposed recovery, but also, because my hus ... Read on »
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