Okay so! Before I had my son, I weighed around 140-150. After having him, I weighed 210 and I was stuck there for a looong time. After eating better and being more active, I dropped down to 185. Now I'm back to 200 xD. Usually I wouldn't be in a good mood about this. But Im happy because I think I've FINALLY found the key to making "working out" work for me. I'm lazy. Im the first one to admit that. When it comes to working out, I find an excuse for everything because I hate all the feelings. I hate having sore muscles, I hate the aches, I hate that feeling in my chest, the blood rushing to make my cheeks red, the sweating. I hate everything. So I dont do it lol. But now, my son is two and a half, at the little mocking bird stage. He copies everything I do. I decided to try working out again, really not dedicated because I never am, but Damien kept coming in the room and doing what I was doing, so I made a game out of it. I thought it was so cute. He likes to watch me jump rope, for whatever reason. Maybe because I look hilarious doing it. This morning, I was laying on the couch like a lump. He randomly comes up to me and says, "Mama. Jump rope!" Of course I didnt feel like it. I barely felt like being awake. But I thought about it for a minute and decided to go ahead and start. He's like a little personal trainer. Now, cardio is still my least favorite thing about working out. I like yoga and stretches. I saw a thing on tv forever ago about baby yoga, so I decided to make it a game. We arent doing it right and I know that, because the only way I know the poses I do is from the wii fit lol. I was so into it that I unlocked em all. But it's the point that Im not just laying on the couch anymore. To me, being more active is the only way I can stick to "exercising," make it feel like Im playing with my son rather than working out. So we did that. We did some jumping jacks. He stretched with me. We do the airplane and I hold him up with my feet and he counts with me, so he's learning, too. I was trying to do push ups.. girl push ups.. because I am lazy. Lol. He took it as an opportunity to hop on my back and make me crawl around and play horsey. When I try to be lazy and half ass things, my son plays with me and makes me work harder while just having fun. I love it. Dont get me wrong, I still hate feeling winded and weak. But it makes me smile that he helps me without even knowing, and for the first time in my life, being active is fun. My moral here.. is. If you're like me, and hate working out.. use your kid lol. They say just play with your child, yada yada. But that didnt have me active enough. Actually including him in my "work outs" is the trick that I've found. Your toddler will love copying you and he/she will make you push yourself further, without making you feel like you're even doing so. Hopefully it will help me lose weight again.. but if not, atleast I am being more active and he's having one hell of a good time :)
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