So this is a rant for all my female friends reading this blog. Yep - any guys, just go back to clicking on gizmodo or whatever gadget site that fascinates you.
I'm wearing my second pair of pre-pregnancy jeans this morning. It is such a relief when you get one foot in, then the second, and the jeans are still able to slide up, yes, over the butt, YES, and ugh take a deep breath, now button - yes they are on! Damn, as soon as that thought came with the next exhale this bulge of fat came with it. out of nowhere. Actually, not out of nowhere, I've been eying it for a 7 months, cursing at it to go away, but it's still there. I've never been built in a way to have a flat stomach. My longtime theory has been that if you have hips it will stretch your midsection flat. I've had not so skinny friends with six-pack abs that made me do a doubletake. I on the otherhand, am wearing mens jeans right now because I have no hips. I guess the pregnancy did not spread my hips out either, which is good, but the loose skin is just gross.
My hope in writing some of this is that these words can manipulate themselves into some sort of motivation to move my butt to the gym. I am no good at dieting and working out has never been fun, except for the time period I worked out with my crazy friend Taryn. Maybe I'll try to use my mother-in-law as an example who gets herself up at 5 am to do pilates. I'd rather not wait till after major back surgery to get that kind of motivation, so I need some of it to rain down on me now. So if you see me, go ahead and ask if I made it to the gym. We'll see if guilt will work too :)
I'm wearing my second pair of pre-pregnancy jeans this morning. It is such a relief when you get one foot in, then the second, and the jeans are still able to slide up, yes, over the butt, YES, and ugh take a deep breath, now button - yes they are on! Damn, as soon as that thought came with the next exhale this bulge of fat came with it. out of nowhere. Actually, not out of nowhere, I've been eying it for a 7 months, cursing at it to go away, but it's still there. I've never been built in a way to have a flat stomach. My longtime theory has been that if you have hips it will stretch your midsection flat. I've had not so skinny friends with six-pack abs that made me do a doubletake. I on the otherhand, am wearing mens jeans right now because I have no hips. I guess the pregnancy did not spread my hips out either, which is good, but the loose skin is just gross.
My hope in writing some of this is that these words can manipulate themselves into some sort of motivation to move my butt to the gym. I am no good at dieting and working out has never been fun, except for the time period I worked out with my crazy friend Taryn. Maybe I'll try to use my mother-in-law as an example who gets herself up at 5 am to do pilates. I'd rather not wait till after major back surgery to get that kind of motivation, so I need some of it to rain down on me now. So if you see me, go ahead and ask if I made it to the gym. We'll see if guilt will work too :)
7:59 AM
and ask me if i made it to water aerobics this week haha. You really look great!! Don't be so hard on yourself!