Back to Exercising

I stopped doing any kind of exercising, running, or volleyball way back in February because I was experiencing some bleeding in my pregnancy. The bleeding continued off and on until the second trimester, and so I never started it up again. However, I plotted and dreamed and planned of the day when I was no longer pregnant and could start working to regain my normal body back again. (Okay. Actually, I would prefer a little bit nicer body than I started with, but we'll work with that!)

FINALLY, I can almost start. While I don't have an official okay for another two weeks, I did start exercising this week, doing a light workout video with Elizabeth, going for a pathetic little run/walk, and even hitting the gym for the elliptical machine and the weight machines once. It felt so good!

I had worried that exercising again would be drudgery, and running would be too difficult to start up again, but it felt like a break - like I was doing something just for me. It was wonderful. I'm out of shape and nowhere near the way I want to look, but at least I can start to make some progress getting back to where I want to be, and I can look forward to it. Yeah! I'm still trying to take it somewhat easy, but I think I can try another short run tomorrow!

And as soon as I get the offical okay from the doctor, Isaac and I are going to start a Biggest Loser competition between the two of us. I pretty much have to do it exercise-only, since I'm nursing, but there are a lot of treats and candy I can eliminate if I get truly desperate and exercising alone isn't working! We have about the same amount of weight we want to lose to get back to our ideal weights, and our competitive little souls are already getting excited!