Dear Readers, It's the beginning of summer, and in spite of my best intentions, I am not doing so well with my " get-in-shape plan " that I outlined at the beginning of the year. Granted, I was still pregnant and highly optimistic, I guess? My postpartum fitness journey has had a bunch of ups and downs, mostly downs. When the baby was about 8 weeks old, I started tracking my intake again, but that didn't last very long. I was feeling pretty overwhelmed and just wanted to eat my carbs (my sleep replacement) in peace. I had been doing some light workouts in the house during the day. Luckily, this baby was pretty chill and would let me work out while she watched. I think I managed 4-5 sessions a week at one point. In April, I did my first run and ran a total of ONE mile that month. This was liberating since I was still having pelvic floor weakness that was finally starting to improve at that time. In May, I ran 12 miles in total, which is actually quite
my musings since 2006