Getting Back Into Shape After Babies: 6-Month Edition
Can you believe our babies are going to be six months old this week? Gosh, it is so great watching them grow and change, but I also don't want this precious time to be over.
But anyway, what I wanted to talk aobut today kind of ties back into yesterday's post, about taking some time for me.
I am really committed to getting back into shape after having these babies. It's partly a vanity thing...I want to feel pretty and look good for my husband. Right now I really want to fit into my pre-pregnancy winter clothes, and/or shop for some new things. But I don't want to shop until I'm at my goal weight.
But it's also less selfish and more health-related. I've been having some lower back pain in relation to the twins...picking them up out of the crib especially is so bad on my back. I'm doing a number of things to try and help the situation, but losing the last bit of weight and getting my body stronger are two things I know will help. Also we're talking a lot about me trying to get pregnant again next spring, and I want to be as physically strong for that as possible.
So where am I at? For a while, I was doing great with exercise, but lately I've been terrible. Travel is part of it, and Luke not liking the heat, crying when I take him for walks in the stroller because he'd get too hot. And also, I was going to yoga twice a week, but stopped because it's hard for me to be away from the twins for something that's just for me. And yoga's in the evenings and I love the bedtime ritual...don't want to be away for that. And also my yoga studio is in flux, so when you show up for class you don't know what kind of class you're going to get, and I hate that.
Regardless, I am down to 143 lbs. My goal is 135, so only 8 pounds to go, which I'm pretty excited about! (Actually my original goal was 140 lbs., but my husband suggested 135, which is a reasonable weight for me, so that's my current goal.) That's doable in a month or two. And my husband has held out the carrot of a little shopping spree when I reach my goal....so that helps with motivation for sure! :)
My progress:
At the end of my pregnancy: 202 lbs.
6 weeks postpartum: 157 lbs.
4 months postpartum: 152 lbs.
6 months postpartum: 143 lbs.
It's actually good for me to list this out, because it feels like my progress has been soooooo slow...good to see that I actually AM making progress!
So anyway, I am recommitting to exercise (and exercise for me, by the way, is something I love and that I feel defines me...so in addition to getting in shape, when I make time for it I also feel like I'm getting a little piece of myself back.)
Oh, and also, snowboarding season is coming up and I know I can't go like I used to (season pass, once or twice a week on the mountain), but I would like to get out a little and I am in no way strong enough for that at the moment.
Wish me luck with these last few pounds (and the whole making time for myself thing...not easy...)
XOXO
