Yesterday I went to the doctor and finally got cleared to exercise and get back to my normal life pre-pregnancy. Obviously I plan on taking it slow and seeing how my body adjusts but I am very excited to finally be able to work out again. It’s been 8 weeks since having baby Emerson and I have quite a bit of the baby weight still to lose. I honestly did not expect it to be this hard. I have tried to lose the weight through diet but with so many visitors, summer BBQs and family events it has been hard to drop the weight. Plus on a scale from 1 to 10 my willpower is about a zero!! I find that when I am working out I am more likely to eat better. Diet and exercise go hand in hand for me to have a healthy lifestyle.
Family walk in Vermont with Emerson… now I can run!Right now my plan is to start to go on a few runs and do some toning exercises as I adjust to being able to work up a sweat. I do have a half marathon at the end of October to train for. I signed up for it in the last weeks of my pregnancy as a way to motivate myself to get back into shape. Clearly I didn’t realize how long it takes for your body to recover after labor/delivery or how busy and time consuming having a newborn is. Even though I am cleared to work out trying to figure out when I will have time to while watching Emerson all day is something I’m still trying to figure out. I’m thinking nighttime runs once dad’s home from work and daytime toning while she’s napping. Regardless of all the logistics, I am excited to start to work out, lose some of the baby weight and hopefully be ready to run a half marathon by October. There are no more excuses!
