One of the many struggles us moms tend to have is finding the time to get ourselves into shape. Most days it simply seems like there isn't enough time, other days you don't have enough energy, and far too often your children need a plethora of things ranging from a new diaper to a popsicle... that being said we are also just bad ass enough to be able to manage it.
Since I recently reached my 6 week postpartum mark, which most of you may know means you can enjoy sex again (and exercise) I decided to pick up a workout routine and get my body back in shape. Nine months of general laziness and ice cream cravings tend to make your ass a little flat and your stomach a little loose... of course then there's that whole pushing a big headed human out of your body thing. In any case, I, like many other stay at home parents, have found myself using home workout programs, previously my favorite has been P90X, currently I am working on the Brazil Butt Lift. Nothing gets me more pumped than a shiny Brazillian man who can shake his sculpted butt better than I can.
I had first started my workout routine with the idea that I would do yoga every day and not just yoga, but P90X yoga! That ish is NO JOKE, but I love yoga and that particular workout is amazing. Well, someone forgot to tell me that after having kid number 2 it wouldn't be as easy to jump right back into exercise as it was after the having first one; I was all over the place both physically and mentally.
I roll out my pink yoga mat, put on my tennis shoes, and start the warm up breathing. After all, part of the success with yoga is clearing of your mind. I am on my third breath when Ava starts to shout "LET A GOOOO! LET A GOOOO! EEYYAAAAUHHHGAAOOOAA SKYYYYYYY!!". *Dear Frozen, thank you.*
Obviously the whole "clear your mind thing" is not going to work out for me today, anyway, I make my way to the Plank position which is like getting put on pause at the top of doing a push up. Hold that pose for a good 30 seconds and you will be sweating. Guess who thinks I am playing some kind of new game and hops right onto my back like a baby gorilla?! It FELT like a baby gorilla and my abs experienced a whole new meaning to word "feel the burn". Next is the Downward Dog, the most recognized yoga position where you basically make a triangle by putting your butt up, face and heels down. As I'm focusing my breathing so I can push my heels down further, Ava pops her little face into my face and starts giggling hilariously. I can't help but to laugh a bit myself despite my growing frustration. I managed to make it through a few more poses, each more difficult than the last, before Lela wakes up to eat and I completely give up on the hope of getting a full workout in.
The next day I ended up with a Charlie Horse on one of my rib muscles (which is just as painful as it sounds) and came to the conclusion that yoga everyday is not in the stars for me. Switched to the Brazil Butt Lift so I can get more leeway in a shorter period of time. This tactic has been better for me but still not completely effective because my children have a sensor in their head that allows them to need EVERYTHING as soon as I put in the workout DVD. I haven't worked out in about 3 days because after an hour and a half of starting and stopping it's easy to become discouraged.
Honestly, I have a whole new respect for the stereotype that stay at home moms get fat. It is brutal trying to workout with your kids around. Can be done, but it's a process.
I am determined. Like I said, we are bad ass enough to manage it....
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