Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Back on the saddle...

...and it doesn't feel good. Yet!

I am reintroducing myself to exercise. Once upon a time, I really liked to exercise. I even liked to run (which I can tell you is something I never thought I would say!). And I don't mean to toot my own horn but I was in pretty good shape right before getting pregnant with Lainey. But pretty early in, I was diagnosed with placenta previa and the main thing with that is that you're not supposed to exercise. So that combined with a heavy love affair with milkshakes lead to my gaining 45 pounds during that pregnancy. I guess it shouldn't have been a shocker to me that I was measuring large and they thought Lainey was going to weigh 10 pounds but I was clearly in denial.
After having Lainey, I thought the weight would just melt off because I was nursing. Some of it did but not all of it. But I was busy with a new baby and then a new job and all of a sudden, I was pregnant again. And hey, those milkshakes are just so good! So another 45 pounds gained and when Harper came along, only 20 of those pounds disappeared (even with nursing). But this time, I am determined to get the rest of the weight off. Not only that though...I actually want to get in shape.

Now, because I do work full-time and have two kids under two, I don't have loads of free time. So I have deduced that the only time I really have to devote to working out is around 8 p.m. (after Lainey has gone to bed and Harper has nursed for the last time of the day). Thankfully, Troy is here to not only motivate me, but to essentially be my personal trainer. He has been on a real workout kick for the past several months (yeah...he was busy getting buff right when I was getting enormous with Harper). I mean, check him out:


Who let him sneak those guns into the zoo??
Meanwhile, here I am at the zoo...
Doh...that shirt is not doing a good job of hiding my belly!

So he has been helping me out and even though I'm still in my first week, I feel better already. And two days in, I've already lost two pounds! I know that's not a lot but when the scale hasn't moved in weeks, it felt good to see some instant gratification.

I have a long way to go but I wanted to post about it as a way of motivating me. I will hopefully be posting some updates with some progress soon. Definitely not tonight though...I went all out for the 4th but hey, it's a holiday! Back on the saddle again tomorrow...