COMPLETED ONE HOUR WORKOUT:
10 min. procrastinating and figuring out which songs I wanted to "kick my trash" to on the IPOD,
30 min. cardio, and the ramianing
20 min. trying not the let the "Total-Gym" snap my frail Scottish frame. :P
Would it be in poor taste to swear right off the bat here??? Wow. So after almost a full year of no official exercise, I have attempted to get back on the horse and not BE the horse, by commiting to hit my condo-workout facility every day for the next 9 weeks. -My goal is to have the weight off, (30 lbs) by Thanksgiving..(just in time to turn around and stuff my face again for the holidays.- Great.)
I'm sure for many women who have traveled the bumpy road of childbearing, you already have come to an understanding of what I now, am apparently just figuring out. Simple math here folks: 4 is harder than 3 is harder than 2 is harder than 1. Losing weight after 4 kids is HAARRRRD!!! Pehaps it's getting older and being 32 means it's just that much more difficult I guess? Even the jump from 3 years ago when I had Austin has been a noticable difference now having Samuel. But I'm sure losing 2 babies in between certainly took it's toll me both physically and mentally. And I suppose I do have to cut myself some slack for the fact that technically this was my 6th pregnancy. But it really altered the way I viewed the whole thing, suddenly I didn't care about being skinny during pregnancy anymore....I just wanted so see my belly grow and have my baby live. Fortunately for me, they are both still thriving beautifully today :P
So now being on the otherside of all of it, I'm UBER-happy and UBER-busy which doesn't seem to be a good recipe for losing weight. It seemed to work much better "back in the day" when I could take all my rage and pain and take it out on the treadmill for 3 hrs....-Hence, losing nearly 50 lbs in the 2 1/2 months after Jason was born. Obviously I can think of about 10 much more healthy ways to lose weight than than many of the paths I've found success with before.-That being said, I'm now in the process of finding my new path. :)
I think being self-motivated is really important when losing weight simply because the individual is, in the end, really the only one that can control a durational pattern of success right? That's the idea on the show the "Biggest Loser" anyway. But even that is a skewed perspective becuase they all have perfect diets maped out for them, no kids, or errands, no lessons to get to, or grocerys to buy, no homework projects, or callings. Are you kidding? They have Jillian and Bob. I would LOVE to have Jillian or Bob, (leaning toward Bob on this one just because I don't really relish the thought of spending 6 hrs a day in the gym with Jillian screaming the "F-bomb" in my face- but that's just me.) I could do a lot with a million dollar gym at my disposal, with 24/7 trainers on hand, not to meantion a house full of people to compete with. -Fortunately, I don't fall into the category of needing to take "Biggest Loser" kind of measures to lose my amount of weight but still. -All I'm saying is that for the rest of us poor sapps out here, trying to count every carb, or wear a pedometer to work, use electic-shock devices, or drink our weight in detox-liquid diets, -might just have to work a bit harder to acheive the same desired results. Was that motivational or just really whiny? I think I meant it as both..."hee-hee." :->
Would it be in poor taste to swear right off the bat here??? Wow. So after almost a full year of no official exercise, I have attempted to get back on the horse and not BE the horse, by commiting to hit my condo-workout facility every day for the next 9 weeks. -My goal is to have the weight off, (30 lbs) by Thanksgiving..(just in time to turn around and stuff my face again for the holidays.- Great.)
I'm sure for many women who have traveled the bumpy road of childbearing, you already have come to an understanding of what I now, am apparently just figuring out. Simple math here folks: 4 is harder than 3 is harder than 2 is harder than 1. Losing weight after 4 kids is HAARRRRD!!! Pehaps it's getting older and being 32 means it's just that much more difficult I guess? Even the jump from 3 years ago when I had Austin has been a noticable difference now having Samuel. But I'm sure losing 2 babies in between certainly took it's toll me both physically and mentally. And I suppose I do have to cut myself some slack for the fact that technically this was my 6th pregnancy. But it really altered the way I viewed the whole thing, suddenly I didn't care about being skinny during pregnancy anymore....I just wanted so see my belly grow and have my baby live. Fortunately for me, they are both still thriving beautifully today :P
So now being on the otherside of all of it, I'm UBER-happy and UBER-busy which doesn't seem to be a good recipe for losing weight. It seemed to work much better "back in the day" when I could take all my rage and pain and take it out on the treadmill for 3 hrs....-Hence, losing nearly 50 lbs in the 2 1/2 months after Jason was born. Obviously I can think of about 10 much more healthy ways to lose weight than than many of the paths I've found success with before.-That being said, I'm now in the process of finding my new path. :)
I think being self-motivated is really important when losing weight simply because the individual is, in the end, really the only one that can control a durational pattern of success right? That's the idea on the show the "Biggest Loser" anyway. But even that is a skewed perspective becuase they all have perfect diets maped out for them, no kids, or errands, no lessons to get to, or grocerys to buy, no homework projects, or callings. Are you kidding? They have Jillian and Bob. I would LOVE to have Jillian or Bob, (leaning toward Bob on this one just because I don't really relish the thought of spending 6 hrs a day in the gym with Jillian screaming the "F-bomb" in my face- but that's just me.) I could do a lot with a million dollar gym at my disposal, with 24/7 trainers on hand, not to meantion a house full of people to compete with. -Fortunately, I don't fall into the category of needing to take "Biggest Loser" kind of measures to lose my amount of weight but still. -All I'm saying is that for the rest of us poor sapps out here, trying to count every carb, or wear a pedometer to work, use electic-shock devices, or drink our weight in detox-liquid diets, -might just have to work a bit harder to acheive the same desired results. Was that motivational or just really whiny? I think I meant it as both..."hee-hee." :->
Uggg- I don't even want to think about loosing the baby weight again - - I will be in the same boat as you soon. All I know is that I am super out of shape . . . So is loosing weight at age 32 really so much worse than 30???? That was the last time I did any work in that department . . .
ReplyDeleteYou are awesome, though- you can do it! 30 pounds by Thanksgiving is a pretty tough goal, though.
And I just have to ask- is it REALLY possible to care for four children? I am feeling a bit scared of adding another to the chaos of three. . . Is this a normal feeling???