How long can I use the "new mom" excuse? I find myself using it a lot. I am not eating very well, not really working out, barely drinking water, not sleeping etc. I chalk it all up to being a new mom but how long can I stretch out that excuse? I realize that my baby is 4 months old so I am still very much a new mom and that is definitely challenging. I just don't want my excuses to grow as my little one grows.
I have decided that I need to challenge myself a bit. I need to make my health and well-being a priority. I am not going to be out there marathon training. That is just not in the cards right now. But there are lots of things I can do. I can drink water. I used to drink water! I can eat veggies, more fruit, cut out the processed junk.
I feel like I have a problem with all or nothing. If I want to make changes I want to make all the changes at once. That isn't working for me. I need to start small and work my way up. I am going to challenge myself to do one thing a week. This week I am going to workout. Really workout. That doesn't count walking to the mailbox with the baby. I am going to workout 4 days this week for at least 20 minutes. I can do 20 minutes. In the past I would force myself to workout 45 minutes. If I didn't make it 45 minutes I felt like a failure and the workout didn't count. Well folks I don't have the time nor energy to devote 45 minutes to working out right now. I DO have 20 minutes. I can do that.
One thing I have learned is that you have to be a little inventive when it comes to working out with a baby. I used to be able to throw on my shoes and hit the gym. Now I don't just have that option all the time. My workout might be throwing the kiddo in a carrier and walking around the neighborhood for 30 minutes. It might be using little miss as my weight for squats, lunges, dips etc. I just need to commit to being active!
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