How did Rashida get started?
You remember, she’s a stay-at - home mum with kids aged two and four. You probably think that she already had enough exercise chasing them around, but actually, she spent a lot of time on the couch watching them play or watching TV. She felt sluggish and she had no energy and she certainly had no plans to get active. One day her Mom phoned and told her she’d been diagnosed with osteoporosis and that her doctor said it runs in families. Her Mom had just read some brochures from the Society and found out that exercise helps to prevent the disease. She wanted her daughter to do something now. Sure Mom, said Rashida, but she had no intentions of doing anything – after all, she was too tired from looking after the children. But her mother’s words kept playing on her mind... Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I ’m going to walk to the bus every day – that ’s 10 minutes. Next week I might decide to do more. One day at the community centre she picked up a brochure about helping your children to grow up physically active and healthy. Reading it was her first step. She discovered all kinds of fun things she could do with her children that would also get her active. Who would have guessed that dancing in the living room counted, she thought. Rashida realized just how much time she spent sitting around. Rashida discovered that being physically active with her children was fun and after a few months she added more activities to her list of things to do. She spent less time sitting and more time moving. Now she’s got it all worked out and her kids love dancing with her. She‘s even got her husband into the game and the whole family is making active living a way of life. Soon her friends began doing it too! Now, instead of having coffee and cookies while they watch their children play, the moms on her block meet at the local community centre for
an exercise class, while their kids go to play group.
You remember, she’s a stay-at - home mum with kids aged two and four. You probably think that she already had enough exercise chasing them around, but actually, she spent a lot of time on the couch watching them play or watching TV. She felt sluggish and she had no energy and she certainly had no plans to get active. One day her Mom phoned and told her she’d been diagnosed with osteoporosis and that her doctor said it runs in families. Her Mom had just read some brochures from the Society and found out that exercise helps to prevent the disease. She wanted her daughter to do something now. Sure Mom, said Rashida, but she had no intentions of doing anything – after all, she was too tired from looking after the children. But her mother’s words kept playing on her mind... Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I ’m going to walk to the bus every day – that ’s 10 minutes. Next week I might decide to do more. One day at the community centre she picked up a brochure about helping your children to grow up physically active and healthy. Reading it was her first step. She discovered all kinds of fun things she could do with her children that would also get her active. Who would have guessed that dancing in the living room counted, she thought. Rashida realized just how much time she spent sitting around. Rashida discovered that being physically active with her children was fun and after a few months she added more activities to her list of things to do. She spent less time sitting and more time moving. Now she’s got it all worked out and her kids love dancing with her. She‘s even got her husband into the game and the whole family is making active living a way of life. Soon her friends began doing it too! Now, instead of having coffee and cookies while they watch their children play, the moms on her block meet at the local community centre for
an exercise class, while their kids go to play group.
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