30 day shred: day 2

Emmanuel has a really annoying habit that he has recently undertook: he donkey-kicks me in the back in the morning (I sleep with my back to him) to wake me up. I received these delightful little kicks this morning at about 5am, which was way earlier than I ever want to get up. I tried to play dead, in hopes that if I didn’t move, he would stop the kicking and go back to sleep.

No such luck. He moved from kicking on to scratching my back… I don’t mean scratching my back like, “ah, that feels nice!” (Smiley face!)… I mean scratching like clawing me like our ferrel cat with razor sharp claws.

I spent the next hour trying to feed him and lull him back to sleep. He would get drowsy then startle awake due to me trying to get comfortable, the alarm clock, or Fernando moving around. I finally decided to just hang out with him a little after 6am. I sat him up in bed and went in to zombie mode (in other words, awake but laying in bed, incapable of doing anything). Usually if Emmanuel wakes up early or has a hard time going to bed at night I know that I can try again in an hour and a half and be successful at getting him to sleep.

All this time I kept thinking, “if I’m awake, I might as well go workout” but I was just too tired. Like I said, I was in zombie mode. I kept sending mental messages to Emmanuel begging him to let me sleep just a little bit more. Finally, a little after 6:30am, Emmanuel stopped squealing, spitting and babbling and began to have a glazed, calm look. I knew it was my window of opportunity. Before I knew it I was waking up (once again to a cooing baby) from a sweet nap. It was only about a 30 minute nap, but it was all I needed. It was still early and I snapped out of zombie mode. It was the prime time to work out! In addition Hadassah slept in super late till almost 8:00am!

Needless to say, even though I got a rude awakening this morning, I had a much more successful and productive workout than yesterday.

30 day shred

Today I decided to start the famous 30 Day Shred by Jillian Michael’s. I hate jumping on bandwagons, but we are going to the beach in 24 days, and while I am at a nice, normal weight (numerically), I’m a little flabbier than I would like for swimsuit season.

I also have had a workout aversion for the past, oh, 7 or 8 years. Part of it is because before then I was a work out addict. I would work out 3-4 hours a day. Since I am a recovering addict, as well as someone who has an all-or-nothing mentality, I have been on the other extreme of the pendulum. Part of me feels guilty for working out, as I had resolved to be healthy and incorporate fun physical activity, but I think it is time I just buckle down and work out hard for a few weeks. I am hoping that moves me back to a healthy medium.

Today was interesting: I had to start the workout two different times because I got interrupted by the babies. I finally gave up trying to do it during the babies’ nap time and just did it with them. It was more of a mommy-and-me workout, as I used Emmanuel as my weights on multiple occasions, and Hadassah crawled all over me when I was on the floor (and she threw a fit when I was doing ab exercises because she wanted to “ride the horsie”). I might have burned more calories than I normally would!

My goal is to make it to when we go to the beach, which isn’t quite 30 days. I took before pictures and measured my waist and hips, so hopefully I will have some results in 3 weeks!

I keep telling myself something is better than nothing. That will be my motto. Looking forward to results! I can do this!