February Happiness Goal: Fitness

Yes, it is the last day of February. I have, obviously, not been doing much with this goal. However, I am not going to give up just because I'm getting a late start. Focusing on this will bring so much happiness to my life. I know that I will have more energy, be healthier and, hopefully, shrink what I can only describe as my middle of mush.

The last time I exercised consistently was during the first part of my pregnancy with Grant and that was a long time ago. I have lost all of the pregnancy weight but things are distributed quite differently and I need to figure out where my muscles used to be. I am lucky enough to have sweet people tell me all the time how great I look. However, it really makes me wonder because most of those people have only known me since I became pregnant with Grant. In my mind what they are really saying is something like, "You were such a cow when you were pregnant that I had no idea you weren't an enormous moose all of the time." Anyway, I want to get into shape and fit into all of my clothes (plus a bunch of new ones that I plan to buy).

And, so, these are my fitness goals:

1. By the end of March, I will have my sweet little baby giving his sweet little mommy at least seven straight hours of uninterrupted sleep.

I have been working on this already. With a combination of switching his constipation medicine and letting him cry for some VERY long hours during the wee hours of the morning. I am only feeding him at 11 pm and 6 am. He still wakes once or twice looking for his pacifier. (This is the next thing to work on.) How does this have anything to do with exercise? I have been SO exhausted all the time that I have to nap during his naps to get rid of my headaches and be able to think coherently. I need to get better sleep so that I can exercise instead of nap.

2. I will begin to exercise at least 3 days a week for at least 30 minutes.

This may not seem like much of a commitment but it will be tough for me.
I started out with great intentions to begin exercising this month. I purposely made February my fitness month because I knew that I had to figure some things out before I jumped in. So, in January, I looked into gym memberships and decided to get Wii Fit for my birthday. This was no small task. It was impossible to find one for the last three weeks of January. Finally, I picked one up the first week of this month when I saw it at K-Mart. The gal told me that they hadn't had any in for weeks and that she just put that one out on the shelf twenty minutes before I came in. I have even used the program once. I will give it another chance even though it told me that I have the balance of a 43 year old woman. I wasn't happy with that so I did the test again five minutes later. Good thing because not only was my balance wrong the first time, but it told me that I am, apparently, as agile as a 67 year old. Boy do I have work to do.

3. Eat 5 servings of fruit and/or veggies daily, limit soda to one can a day, watch my portions.

I'll be honest, my meals yesterday consisted of cupcakes and soda...all of them...really...and maybe some snacks of cupcakes too. I'm lucky because this diet I have been on to help me continue nursing Grant (no dairy, soy or corn products) really allows me to, well, eat like a pig and not gain weight. As I have found products at specialty stores and found recipes that I can alter I have found myself leaving the fruits and veggies behind for tastier fare. I have a super sweet friend who has made it her quest to find food for me to eat. She has had me over for lunch and brought me the most yummy cake. Her recipe is what I have been scarfing down this weekend. Seriously, I eat WAY too much. I will NOT be happy when I start eating like regular people again AND stop nursing, using all those extra calories. I must get some control over things now.

And there you have it, I will report back.