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Let's get physical
Aug. 17th, 2008 10:43 amWriting about sleep jinxes it. Last night I got more sleep in hours, but not so good in qualiity. B wanted to snuggle and did his fussing in his sleep thing. He woke up at 5.15am for food and some play time and finally fell asleep around 6.45. Then the cats decided they would have a Morning Freak Out Race around the apartment, so we let them in the room to sleep with us. 5 living creatures asleep on the bed is too many.
My body aches all the time and this makes sleeping not very restful. Basically, my hips to my ankles ache, mostly all the time, but especially in the wee hours of the morning and right after I wake up. Maybe it's all the readjustment and realignment post pregnancy? Maybe it's from under use, since I'm sitting and nursing all the time? My lower back/upper pelvis also aches from the bad nursing posture (even with the boppy) and my shoulders can ache if I'm holding B a lot, usually when I am nursing and eating at the same time. My pelvic floor is still not back to normal and I have weak, sloppy abs.
It has been three months (12 weeks) since Bennett was born and that means it's time for me to get serious about getting back in shape. I need more exercise. If not so I can fit into my jeans again, then because I'm tired of aching, and if not for that, then for my mental health. A kick boxing gym opened across the street from my apt building and I'm thinking of taking classes there. I like to hit things and I've done Muay Thai kick boxing in the past. Boy howdy is that stuff a good work out. I also like knowing how to throw a real punch. It's expensive - but so convenient! I'm going to get serious again about yoga and start biking to work one day a week.
The weeks are just flying by in their repetitiveness, I feel stuck in pause/replay mode. I'm feeling a little but like my life is passing me by.
My body aches all the time and this makes sleeping not very restful. Basically, my hips to my ankles ache, mostly all the time, but especially in the wee hours of the morning and right after I wake up. Maybe it's all the readjustment and realignment post pregnancy? Maybe it's from under use, since I'm sitting and nursing all the time? My lower back/upper pelvis also aches from the bad nursing posture (even with the boppy) and my shoulders can ache if I'm holding B a lot, usually when I am nursing and eating at the same time. My pelvic floor is still not back to normal and I have weak, sloppy abs.
It has been three months (12 weeks) since Bennett was born and that means it's time for me to get serious about getting back in shape. I need more exercise. If not so I can fit into my jeans again, then because I'm tired of aching, and if not for that, then for my mental health. A kick boxing gym opened across the street from my apt building and I'm thinking of taking classes there. I like to hit things and I've done Muay Thai kick boxing in the past. Boy howdy is that stuff a good work out. I also like knowing how to throw a real punch. It's expensive - but so convenient! I'm going to get serious again about yoga and start biking to work one day a week.
The weeks are just flying by in their repetitiveness, I feel stuck in pause/replay mode. I'm feeling a little but like my life is passing me by.