Sunday, July 31, 2011

Weak Sauce

For those who aren't familiar with me and my life prior to getting married and babies, I used to be a pretty fit individual and prided myself with being very strong and capable physically.  I have played sports pretty much since I could walk and have spent many hours of my life on courts, fields, in the gym and enjoying just about any physical activity outside that you can.  Well, I am here to say that I now consider myself weak sauce, and I will tell you why.  Since having Isaac I have been trying to make it to the gym at least once a week to attempt to get myself back into shape and after some not so consistent weeks due to crazy summer schedules I have now decided that I am up for twice a week.  I am happy to report that I was able to meet my goal this week...the sad report is that I am SO sore!  I didn't even do much which is the crazy part, but Wednesday I woke up and could barely move.  I am ashamed to admit this, but it is true...how embarrassing! 

But you know what, I love it.  I love the stress relief, I love the sweating, I love the child watch, I love 45 minutes of time all to myself, I love feeling like I have an identity outside of the four walls of my house, I love pushing the limits of my body and telling it it can when my brain is saying it can't.  SO despite the fact that I am glad that no body at the gym knows me and that I can do my cardio and lift my weak sauce weights, I feel great-sore muscles included!  It feels great to try and reclaim my body, I guess we will have to see if I am successful or not...

3 comments:

Andrea said...

I can TOTALLY RELATE! For the last year I have been waking up at 5am and going running with a friend. We run anywhere from 3-6 miles and we have now started to add in a little weight training and yoga and stuff at least one day a week! I have loved EVERY minute of it!

Pili girl~ said...

Well, my dearest friend - just because you may feel like you're weak sauce physically, I know you'll keep yourself healthy and hopefully balanced.

There is one thing you get to enjoy that some of us still don't have, yet... a wonderful family of your own. Know that I love you heaps and think of you and your family often. Hugs and kisses from Iraq.

Marci Jensen Stoffer said...

Since getting pregnant I haven't been able to work out and it's been killing me. Yesterday I went to the gym for the first time in two months and it was the best 60 minutes of the last two months. Keep up the good work!