The realities of working out and having a new baby

Ξ November 15th, 2010 | → 3 Comments | ∇ Fitness Stuff |

Today was the first day that I tried to work out since having Seth.  I’m trying to ease back into exercise since contractions, sciatica and pelvic separation meant that I wasn’t able to work out while I was pregnant.

At 12:30 I gave the kids their lunch, then went to get my new Turbo Fire dvds.

At 12:35 the baby woke up and started crying, so I soothed him back to sleep.

At 1:00 I finally took the plastic off the dvds and got out the intro.

At 1:03 the kids decided to go outside to play, so I had to tie up the puppy.

At 1:04 the puppy got into the house and I had to chase her down, catch her and tie her up.

At 1:15 I finally pushed play on the intro.

At 1:18 the baby started crying again.

At 1:45 I gave up on soothing him and nursed him back to sleep while watching the intro dvd.

At 2:10 I pushed play on the Fire 30 workout.

At 2:11 and 30 seconds the baby woke up again, and I put him in his car seat and rocked him asleep.

At 2:15 I pushed play on Fire 30 again.

At 2:23 I rocked him again.

At 2:35 I gave up on Fire 30 and just sarted Stretch 10.  The baby slept through it and has been asleep for the last hour.

It took me 2 hours and 15 minutes to work out for 10 minutes and stretch for 10 minutes.

That’s a little easier than I had planned to take it when I said I was going to “ease” back into working out…