Getting My Body Back

When you are about 7-8 months pregnant, you pretty much lose control of your body. It's not to say you can't control what you put into your body, but your skin stretches in ways you thought never possible. By both of the boys' due dates I had had enough! I'm not one of those people who LOVES being pregnant (not that there is anything wrong with THOSE people, I'm just not one of them :-)). I love being pregnant about 6 weeks out of the 40. That's about it. Then you have the baby and you are on such a high because it is OUT of your belly and you are not pregnant! But your stomach doesn't go back to the way it used to be. Sure you might think you are starting to look great. Then you will see a picture of yourself and gag. Ha ha. Ok maybe not to that extreme - but it's hard work getting your body back. It's even harder with the second kid. With Jack I got zero stretch marks. With Finn, I got a few around my belly button (for all of you girls who have belly rings and haven't gotten pregnant...BEWARE)! Anyway - sure, I could look a lot worse than I do. I'm wearing my pre pregnancy jeans and my weight is almost back down to what it was before - but it just isn't the same!  I even ran a half marathon when Finn was only 5 months old. However, while I was training for the half I never watched what I was eating by any means.

Well...about 8 months ago, Kelly joined Velocity Sports and raved about it. So I decided to check it out. There is one in Champlin, about 10 minutes from my house. They have a 10 week fitness challenge for adults. I JOINED! It starts in TWO weeks. Here's the deal. You sign up online for your classes - you pay a flat fee and you can go up to FOUR times a week! They are hour long sessions and there won't be more than 10 people in your class. It's basically circuit training and they work you hard! They have a variety of times to choose from. I love this because I am paying good money and I will feel guilty if I don't go. And there is no point not to go four times a week. I'm getting my body back people - watch out. Oh and this might have been brought on by our Mexico trip we are planning to take in January too :-)

Here is the other kicker....I'm going to try and eliminate processed foods from my diet five days a week. Two days a week, I can pig out on whatever I want, but the other five - no processed foods! This will be hard, but not ridiculous. I'm learning a lot about cooking and I like meals that use fresh ingredients the most anyway - so hopefully this will help enhance my menu items for the family as well. I've got two weeks before this all begins! Can't wait!