1st official workout.....and a little rant

Today was Columbus day and I kind of took the day off. The kids had school and the hubby was home, so I got a  lot of homework and work done. Then, when the kids took their naps I made a huge mistake.  This gets me to my rant. I went to the community center in our neighborhood to workout after I ran for about 9 mins. I felt pretty good while I was running then I entered the room that would prove to be the worst decision thus far in my postnatal state. It had mirrors on every wall, which clearly showed every little dimple on my very large back side. I began working my little heart out, trying not to look up. I was pretty successful until I decided to workout on the elliptical, which was positioned perfectly so that I could look at myself from the side. Which was definitely worse then looking at myself straight on in the mirror. I'll be honest that it doesn't bother me too much, I mean I have given birth to 4 kids, so it really isn't that bad considerably speaking. But it could be better. Well this is what I was telling myself as I was sweating away the calories on the machine. Then my time was up and I hopped off and noticed that not only were my nipples hard but they were leaking with milk. Not dripping, but I had great wet rings around them on my shirt, which was white. Clearly a bad choice for working out. Leaking hard nipples, agh the joys of motherhood. Does the awesomeness ever end. Don't get me wrong; I love my kids and I would look this way forever if it meant they were all healthy. So I just really want to do this for myself. In any case it made me think that I should work a little harder. So tomorrow will be my first day of serious training. I'm going to post my workout here tonight so that you can follow along it you'd like to.

I'm going to get up early and do yoga for 30mins everyday before the kids get up. This will not only help me build strength, but will also help me stretch out for the day as well as help me relax before the chaos begins.

Next I'm going to start a daily morning routine of 5 sets of 10 push-ups in between brushing my teeth and two other morning rituals. 

Then I will repeat this during the mid afternoon while I do other chores. The idea is to mix it up while I do something else. Like every time you go to the bathroom. (this is going to be pretty hard for the first couples of weeks, but you will really start seeing yourself improve within the month...says my hubby)

Warm up to main workout. I'm going to run for at least 20mins. When you first begin running, especially if you haven't done it before, is going to be hard. Set small goals, run for 2 mins then walk for 2. Or run the distance between telephone polls. Start off slow and eventually you will be ready to start the marathon training in December.

Once the warm up is complete the main workout begins. The links that I wanted to attach for you to watch to help you understand how to do the exercises isn't working so just go to u tube and search for them.

5 rounds as fast as possible (making sure you are being safe)

15 reps by 65lbs of deadlifts

10 bicycle crunches

15 wallball shots

If you don't have a medicine ball, you can always replace this exercise with air squats. Which are exactly what they sound like.

Once these are done you should do a cool down of your liking. Stretching, walking, yoga. Whatever works for you. This will complete our first day of training.

Have fun and remember its the little victories first that keep you going. It's a gradual process, but we will get there, leaky boobs and all. :)