Spring is here!

After hibernating all winter in the basement on my trainer, my sessions with Coach Troy have paid off. Paul and I went for the first outdoor ride of the season yesterday and I was astonished as to how my cycling has improved. Even Paul was impressed and he is sometimes pretty hard to impress. I had been spending hours upon hours completing workouts to the Spinervals DVDs and was begining to wonder if this was doing any good. The Spinervals DVDs come with inspiring titles such as; Suffer-o-Ramma, No Slackers Allowed and Hillacious so you can imagine you're sweating buckets and ready to fall off your bike upon completion of the disk.

Trying to get a workout in with a new baby in tow was a little like pulling teeth. Some days I never knew how it was going to go with Jason either bouncing in the Jolly Jumper or napping in the playpen. I would pray to the workout gods that he would just stay happy until I was finished. What I have really noticed about how my life has changed since Jason arrived is that my schedule now revolves around his schedule. This includes having to pause the DVD and get off my bike for the ump-teenth time to either retrieve a soother, change a wet or poopy diaper, or even not finish the workout because some one was getting too cranky. I'll tell ya it is very hard to concentrate on keeping your cadence up over 100rpms when there is a crying baby in the room.

Why all the trouble you may ask? It had been over ten years since I have considered my self a thin person. And right before I became pregnant I had been the thinnest I had been in a long time with still some work to do. So you can imagine the frustration in having to put my success on hold. After much thought and pouting I decided (with some guidance from Paul) that my weight loss journey would now become a journey to produce a healthy baby. Paul immediately signed me up for Babyfit.com and I began receiving emails regarding healthy eating, exercise tips and information on pregnancy. Having worked out until the day I went into labour and delivering a very healthy and robust baby I am now the biggest advocate for exercise during pregnancy.

So now five months later I am 2 lbs away from my pre-pregnancy weight and am in the best shape of my life. Not to mention my arms look great from lugging big Jason around. It is easier to put down the wings and pizza and pick up an apple and feel good the sacrifice is worth it.