6 months after the birth of Z-bug, I am trying to get back into a regular work out routine that includes more than just walking or doing baby bicep curls. I'm using "Get Your Body Back" by Tracey Mallet and I just want to know one thing:
Why does getting my body back mean so many squats?! GAH! I say, "GAH!" Tracey Mallet!
Anyhow, since I worked out pretty regularly pre-Z it feels good to be getting back on the horse, be it ever so slowly. I don't really have any grandiose notions about falling back into pre-baby shape, nor do I really care all that much that Kim Kardashian and some other celebrity whose name I can't remember is already prancing around in bikinis after giving birth after me. All that obsessive "body after baby" crap makes me want to vomit. Seriously. Never EVER click on those God-forsaken links, even out of morbid curiosity because if people keep clicking those stupid stories will keep getting published.
Anyhow. (Steps off of soap box)
I'm proud of my body, post and pre-baby. Sure, there are some mornings when I think, "Egads! My stomach! (thighs. butt. ear lobes. whatever. We all have those days. Okay, not my ear lobes. I have gorgeous lobes.) BUT! Birthing Z was pretty amazing and made me think, "Holy crap! I am SUPERWOMAN!" I've been proud of how I've tried to get out and walk, take the stairs, dance with my baby, and other little things that I could manage in the last 6 months. I've not regretted for a second that I didn't try to "get my body back" any sooner. I was busy snuggling my little man! Now that he's older and thinks that Mama working out is HI-larious, we're ready Let's get our burn on!
I get tired of feeling body pressure. Don't you? Let's not. Let's just be healthy for ourselves (and babies if you've got 'em) and carry on.
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