It seems like every time you set a new goal and have a plan to accomplish them, everything seems to make sure those goals are not met.... Having a toddler is one of those obstacles....
I set a goal to be more active this pregnancy. But I didn't really plan exactly how I was going to do that. I had a rough idea of I wanted to run during this pregnancy to keep up with my cardio. I wanted to keep up with weight lifting, but there was just not a specific plan. So I decided that needed to change this week.
After my run yesterday I just felt like I had so much energy all day. Which during pregnancy is saying something. Thats the hardest part is not feeling like you have energy. So I decided I liked having energy and wanted to keep that up. My mom and I are planning on starting training for the half marathon but haven't set the schedule yet.
This morning we couldn't go running due to a couple of things. First thunderstorms were supposed to hit this morning. It ended up just being rain, but that made it so we couldn't. So the next best thing in my plan was to do an at home workout during my son's nap time. I thought it would be perfect...well of course the day I am determined to start is the day he decides that he wants to wake up at 5:30....
Okay background about me. I am so not a morning person. I am a night owl! I would stay up the latest at sleep overs, even just at my house I was one of the last to sleep. But mornings forget it! I am a grumpy person in the morning. Don't wake the sleeping beast! Having to change when I get up was probably the hardest thing about motherhood for me. It has taken me 18 months to get to the point that I can convince myself to go to bed earlier so that I get enough rest and so that I am not a grumpy beast when I wake up.
Of course I decided to stay up late and watch the Nashville Predators hockey game against the Red Wings, but that ended around 9:30 so not too bad! Well my husband has been watching Smallville and I watch an episode with him every now and then. It didn't hook me right away like the other shows I have watched but of course this night the episode he was on I got hooked!!! I think I finally fell asleep close to 11. So still not too bad, until the morning.
My son decided that at 5:30 in the morning was a great time to wake up and not go back to sleep. The beast (me) was awake. Not only that but all day because he was so tired he was grumpy all day. But at nap time I forced myself to get my workout clothes on and do something! It wasn't the best workout because he took a short nap but I did something! And at some point we just have to be thankful for something rather than nothing.
I did mostly arm workouts with some weights and lunges. Then I added some push ups. So it wasn't anything big or monumental but a little can go a long way. I didn't quite feel the same energy as the day before, but I think many factors went into that today. I still felt good and I was proud of myself for having the self motivation to get moving even though I had the perfect excuse to just throw in the towel but I didn't!
One step at a time!!
I set a goal to be more active this pregnancy. But I didn't really plan exactly how I was going to do that. I had a rough idea of I wanted to run during this pregnancy to keep up with my cardio. I wanted to keep up with weight lifting, but there was just not a specific plan. So I decided that needed to change this week.
After my run yesterday I just felt like I had so much energy all day. Which during pregnancy is saying something. Thats the hardest part is not feeling like you have energy. So I decided I liked having energy and wanted to keep that up. My mom and I are planning on starting training for the half marathon but haven't set the schedule yet.
This morning we couldn't go running due to a couple of things. First thunderstorms were supposed to hit this morning. It ended up just being rain, but that made it so we couldn't. So the next best thing in my plan was to do an at home workout during my son's nap time. I thought it would be perfect...well of course the day I am determined to start is the day he decides that he wants to wake up at 5:30....
Okay background about me. I am so not a morning person. I am a night owl! I would stay up the latest at sleep overs, even just at my house I was one of the last to sleep. But mornings forget it! I am a grumpy person in the morning. Don't wake the sleeping beast! Having to change when I get up was probably the hardest thing about motherhood for me. It has taken me 18 months to get to the point that I can convince myself to go to bed earlier so that I get enough rest and so that I am not a grumpy beast when I wake up.
Of course I decided to stay up late and watch the Nashville Predators hockey game against the Red Wings, but that ended around 9:30 so not too bad! Well my husband has been watching Smallville and I watch an episode with him every now and then. It didn't hook me right away like the other shows I have watched but of course this night the episode he was on I got hooked!!! I think I finally fell asleep close to 11. So still not too bad, until the morning.
My son decided that at 5:30 in the morning was a great time to wake up and not go back to sleep. The beast (me) was awake. Not only that but all day because he was so tired he was grumpy all day. But at nap time I forced myself to get my workout clothes on and do something! It wasn't the best workout because he took a short nap but I did something! And at some point we just have to be thankful for something rather than nothing.
I did mostly arm workouts with some weights and lunges. Then I added some push ups. So it wasn't anything big or monumental but a little can go a long way. I didn't quite feel the same energy as the day before, but I think many factors went into that today. I still felt good and I was proud of myself for having the self motivation to get moving even though I had the perfect excuse to just throw in the towel but I didn't!
One step at a time!!
After the workout before lunch
The one moment where my son was calm and not screaming at me. I had to capture the moment.
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