I’m back in the saddle! LET’S RIDE CLYDE!

I’M BACK! Sorry for the hiatus! My last post has been quite some time ago! I had Grey and Beck at home all summer and then the last two weeks Noah joined them. Russell was gone to Boston for work and had a little procedure done, he is Chamber president as well as Lieutenant of the fire department and we are building the house so time has been an issue to say the least. I had so much going on that I had to pick and choose so I had to let the blog go for a bit so I had time to work out. Workout or Blog? I needed to workout to tone up this post baby body….so I made the choice to help myself this time around. Sometimes you just have to focus on yourself and that is what I had to do. I mentally needed the workout and physically needed it. I hate I couldn’t motivate some of you for a bit but I am back to try to help you get your mind right!

I have had lots of questions how I did it. I know it is exhausting and you feel like you can’t do it! Grey is still getting up for a 2/3 am bottle. I don’t let it stop me! It is very difficult TRUST ME but I KNOW I NEED the workout! I just give it my best and that is what I have to be proud of! Some days I would squeeze in 2 or 3 workouts (short ones) and usually I had 3 kids hanging all over me. Sadly, Noah did get stepped on one day while he was working out with me.

I did a lot of different workouts this summer. I swam laps at the pool, ran just a bit, biked a few times, Barre, PiYo, and 30 min Max. I am loving Shaun T’s 30 Minute Max because I can always squeeze in 30 minutes, it is a killer though! I was cleared at the first of June to workout so I have been working out for two months now. There is a local triathlon in 5 1/2 weeks so I want to try to do it BUT I am back at work so swimming and biking are going to be difficult to do. When the DSU pool opens back up (hopefully next week) I will go two times a week at night and then on the weekends. The bike is probably only going to happen on the weekends. Running I hope to squeeze in at lunch or in the afternoons before I pick up Grey and Noah! I am not worried about swimming and well the bike I am always slow but I still shout TAWANDA even at my 10/15 MPH  pace…so I will probably  be slow again and I have accepted that! The run is what I am worried about! UGH the heat index this week was 115 actual temps were around 103. Hitting the pavement is hard already then add high temps. I am going to really focus on my running the next 5 weeks and just build muscle in my legs to help with the biking. This time around I just have to do what I can do- I am working with tiredness, post baby body, 5 week training time while having 3 kids and work – I have a lot against me but what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. SO I PLAN to participate in the triathlon here at DSU… 500 yard swim, 18 mile bike, and 5k run – pretty easy start-up, right?

Side NOTE: I never updated on Grey I have had some messages about him! We went to the neurologist and he is great! His soft spot can be seen and felt now and the skull you can see is moving around and looking so much better! We are very lucky and blessed to say the least! Thanks for all the thoughts and prayers!

So here we go guys! Back in the saddle! Let’s do this!!

www.accessmontana.com thanks for the photo

Commitment! That is my “secret”!

My mom says this all the time! AND it is so true! I am always so happy for other women when good things happen to them! Sure I may get an immediate jealous spell of a minute but then I remember that they deserve it – whatever they got they worked hard for and I should lift them up and praise them!

I have gotten praised on my post baby body and I have also gotten shit for it! I  have heard it was my gestational diabetes and that is why I am the way I am or that I caught two viruses while pregnant. I have been asked what was my secret or what was I doing?

You want to know???

I work out and eat pretty healthy..before pregnancy, during pregnancy and after pregnancy… and….

I am a working mom of 3 kids. A lot of times the food off my plate is taken by my boys and I am chasing and playing with them 24/7. I am a very active mom and I give a lot of attention to my children. I don’t sit on the couch and read or watch tv all day. Yes I did get two viruses while pregnant, yes I did have gestational diabetes and had to eat extremely well BUT before that I was working out and eating pretty healthy already. I continued to workout and I didn’t let being pregnant stop me…even though I felt like crap for most of the pregnancy.

People act like I am not tired…um NEWSFLASH I’m exhausted!! I too get up all hours of the night to feed and take care of crying children! I too go to work everyday. I too have other responsibilities. 

I started walking as soon as possible when I got home from the hospital and I have been hitting the gym before I was even cleared. Obviously I have kept it easy up until now! This past week I started hitting it hard! I went swimming one day and it felt great to get back in! I also hit the gym and did Max 30. Well let me say: too much too soon. It really is the Max 30 that is giving me troubles and all the ab work. So this week I will do Max 30 modified (no jumping) and see if that helps with the bleeding and swelling in my stomach. It is so irritating because I am just so ready to go! I will make sure I eat super healthy though!

You know why I make it look easy? Because it is the way I handle things. I don’t whine and complain about everything that is happening in my life every single day. Yes I am tired- duh that is a given…I am a mom of 3 under the age of 5. I do and go 24/7. I don’t have poor me pity parties, I suck it up and move on. I squeeze in a workout because I know it is good for me mentally more than physically! I have been working out with Grey sitting right in front of me pretty much everyday. Monday I had all three boys and did my workout with fire engines around my feet! I did it with the others when they were babies as well! I don’t get to workout in peace and quite every single day. I have to force my workouts. I usually have to stop and pacify grey and then start right back up but hey at least it’s a workout! Pretty much all my workouts this week have been at home in my tiny living room with my baby sitting right in front of me. Now beck is home so I will be working out with two at home and some days three. No excuses, Right?!?!

You want to know my “secret”. Commitment. That is it. I am committed to living a healthy life! Nobody is doing it for me. No special pill is doing it for me. IT IS ALL ME! Committed to living a better and healthier life and THAT IS IT! So join in with me! Commit with me! Let’s do it together! I know it is hard – been there! Just commit and once you do it will be easier!

This was taken two weeks after baby. Girls Night – it was greatly needed! Lots of laughs!

thanks pintrest for the image!