I will get my old body back if it is the last thing that I do.
I have been slacking off the past four months since my second son was born. I will not slack off any more and I am leaning on you, dear internet, to make sure I reach my goal. I want you to pester me, bug me, constantly ask me if I have worked out for the day. I started bringing sexy back yesterday when I worked out on my new workout bike machine. I have fudged up my knee from working out yesterday but I will not that get me down. Days that my knee is swollen just means that I will have to do yoga instead. So my workout will include either 30 minutes to 1 hour on the bike or 30 minutes of yoga for my off/recovering days.
I want to stick to this. I am so miserable in this body. This is not my body this is a body created by having two children. Pregnancy is hell on my body and I will not let it defeat me. I will not be one of those women that just let themselves go after getting married and having children. I will get my sexy back!
During my pregnancy with the bean, I gained roughly 67 lbs. or so. I’ve lost a total of 30 lbs. in the first month alone but now I’m at the point of were I need to start excersising. I’ve been trying to find a diet that I actually liked and today my mother and I think we found the perfect thing. It is called the fruit diet. You basically eat a variety of fruits ever two hours and then have a normal meal at night. I love fruit and would much rather eat something that is natural versus all of that over-processed, preservative filled crap that they sell at the supermarket. I’m hoping that the fruit diet paired with my new obsession of Yoga Booty Ballet will get me whipped back into shape before the fall.
As I look at the photo to the left, I’m so disgusted by my legs. Whenever I gain weight it is always in my legs. This is mainly due to the fact that I did gymnastics for almost 10 years. I have very muscular legs and fat just migrates there. But in yoga booty ballet they really work out your lower half so I know I’ll get my legs slimmed back down to hopefully a two [pre-baby]. Although fruit can be pretty expensive at times, my plan is to attempt to stick to it and workout at least 3 times a week for 45 minutes at a time if not more.
I will not get upset with myself when I attempt to lose the 60 something lbs. I’ve gained during my pregnancy. I will embrace my ever changed body and rejoice that I just gave life to a healthy baby boy. I will not unrealisticly attempt to go back to my pre-baby weight immediately after giving birth as if I were paid like a celebrity. I will show off my “road map” [my stomach] in a bikini this summer and not be ashamed of my pregnancy service stripes [stretch marks] or my not so toned deflated flab. Be not a size zero is beautiful, being a mother is even more beautiful. Don’t be ashamed ladies. Let’s stand up and be proud in the skin that we are in!
thanks domestic chicky for sharing this video with us.
If you ever thought about doing yoga whilst your little one is awake, you just might want to rethink that. I popped in my yoga tape and was all ready to relax and find peace, when p-nut starts climbing all over me whenever I started doing certain moves. He goes underneath me when I do “down-dog”, climbs on top of me when I do “cobra” and hugs me when I do “warrior”. It was a pretty funny workout. Because of p-nut I was falling all over the place. P-nut even did “down-dog” with me. It was the cutest thing. Now we are both “inept yogis”. hee hee
It is now an hour later and my abs are still feeling the burn. What a great workout! I really wanted to do another tape but the p-nut was upset with me because I was using the vcr for something other than turning on elmo tapes…LOL.
[edit] Total workout today: 10 mins treadmill speed 4; 20 mins weightloss yoga. [/edit]
Excersise is definately what I’ve been missing out of my everyday routine. Last night I slept like a rock and woke up refreshed and energized for the first time in a month. Even though I was only on the treadmill yesterday for 10 minutes, I woke up today with sore legs and ass. I definately got a good workout in even if it was kinda short. I forgot how good it was to feel sore. I love the feeling of accomplishment. I’m definately going to jump back on the excersise wagon and hopefully I won’t “let myself go” this time.
I’m also back taking my green tea and chromium supplements which help curb my appetite. Well since I just woke up not too long ago, I’m off to go workout and take a shower.
