Operation Hot Mother, Day 2: Because of You

Posted on | August 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

Today was a rough day.

Although Poppy went down easily and on time last night, she was very, very needy overnight. She nursed pretty much all night long without a break (and I’m not exaggerating) and sometime between 3 and 4 decided that it was time for a dance party. Considering I’d barely slept between midnight and three, I enlisted T’s help. He rocked her, sang to her, and took her to the living room to play for a bit while I tried to get a catnap on the couch nearby. Oy. Of course, after all that, she woke up at her usual time today, smiling from ear to ear and acting as though she hadn’t been such a horrible beast overnight, but… that’s babies, right?

Although we were both exhausted, we pushed through and got quite a few things done around the apartment today and spent the afternoon in the city, running some errands. At the end of the day, T went to pick up the CSA goodies and I stayed back to put Poppy down. She went to sleep fairly easily (thank gods!) and once asleep, I was able to get a few quick chores done. Finally, I sat down around 9 p.m. and thought, “Ugggggghhhhhh. Workout?! Hell no!”

Then I logged into Facebook and saw all the comments I requested, encouraging me to get in shape. And popped over to my blog to read more here. And stopped by Twitter and saw yet more encouragement. And then, with nearly perfect timing, my friend Becky sent me a text that read, “Hey lazy ass, get moving! No ice cream!”

So I did.

I put the chocolate bar down (I didn’t have any ice cream handy), hauled my lazy, tired, sore butt to the t.v., and dug out our yoga DVD.* I threw on a comfortable pair of pants, laid out my yoga mat, grabbed my blocks and strap, and then stopped and asked T if I really had to.

And he told me he was proud of me for running yesterday and would be even more proud of me if I keep it up.

So I did it. And it was exactly what I needed. Those deep stretches not only felt amazing in the moment, but will probably make tomorrow’s jogging that much less painful.

I’m posting tonight because I wanted to say thanks to you all of you. If I hadn’t shamelessly begged for cheerleaders yesterday, y’all never would’ve stepped up, and I would’ve skipped tonight’s workout. And if I skipped tonight, it’s FAR more likely I’d skip tomorrow. And the day after that. And the day after that. And I’d never get anywhere with this.

Getting started with a fitness routine when you’ve never ever had one before is really hard, but I made one more baby step in the right direction tonight and I couldn’t have done it without you guys.

So, thanks. And please keep it up :)

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* Our DVD is pretty awesome. It has beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels and within each level, several routines to choose from. I went with a 30-minute beginner routine tonight and when looking at the options, “Self-Esteem Booster” was the first to catch my eye. How did they know that that’s exactly what I needed?!

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