Stagnant

I've had two babies in three years and that's pretty freakin' tough on my formerly-petite body. So, if you've read some earlier posts, I'm in pursuit of restructuring my life once again. I was a pretty active person before all the baby stuff and am still a runner. Since Micron's birth( having a girl put unattractive poundage on hips and butts), losing the baby weight has been difficult. I had 10 more lbs to lose from baby #1 before getting pregnant with #2. So, I've had to tack on losing those insufferable 10 lbs to my post-baby body. 

As you know, I ran my first race after both pregnancies earlier this year and since then, bought myself a double-jogging stroller and have been running fairly frequently 3-4 days/week while pushing about 40-50 lbs--sounds impressive, right? I began to lose weight and some semblance of toning started to appear. THEN, I joined Bootcamp. It's been two weeks and I've only managed to run twice. TWICE! Bootcamp, ladies, is no joke. It's painful, excruciating on the body, and rewarding in a sick way (if you live by "pain=pleasure"). It's 3 days a week for one hour. And, it sucks kicks ass. I figure, I've grown human beings and organs and pushed those out, what can be worse than that? Bootcamp. 

Unfortunately for my sorry butt, I have missed three classes already because 1) I came back too late from a hair appointment (my instructor would kill me if she read this) 2) it was my son's 3rd bday (not even apologizing for this one) 3) my instructor canceled a class. So here I am, sore as ever. Every other night I come home with a bruised ego and body aches. But all this in vain for a better, healthier me. Granted my lower body is doing surprisingly well (all that running had paid off), but my upper body is discovering pain it didn't know it had. If you've joined any fitness class, regimen, or committed to something you realize after-the-fact has you less than enthusiastic, please share. After the next month or so, I'll let you know my progress (did I just sabotage or help myself considering it's holiday season?) and whether I'll be signing up again for this insane class. As for now, my running has been stagnant and I'm hoping that will change after a few more classes.