Radar & Instruction Manuals

With a attention deprived cute 'lil baby at my feet...

Here's my quickie workout post for last night. 

Until later. 

My wee 'lil man has a workout radar.

Usually it's a different kinda radar

but this one refuses to let me get a real burn in.

I got on my treadmill almost as soon as his head hit the pillow.

Grrr Music plugged in 

I was running harder than usual and felt GREAT!

I hit the 19 1/2 minute mark and nearly got scared out of my skin when I noticed my other cute lil man 

standing next to me. 

Hand on my chest trying to hold in the loss of breath over his presence,

"Yes?!"

"Mommy, Babies awake..."

Of course he is! 

A little over 20 minutes accomplished. I can deal with that. 

With hopes he'd fall back asleep and let me finish what I started,

I laid down (which shouldn't be done right after cardio but as a mommy...that's a luxury to be ignored)

by him. 

Minutes pass...

waiting waiting...

Muscles cooling down...

C'mon lil man. Sleepy sleepy. You know you are...You are getting sleeeeepy...

Dang it! 

Where's the Sandman when you need him?!

So while I was still a little warm I did a 30 minute Core workout with Billy Blanks. 

(Good ole Billy...he's my weight loss cheerleader. I may have mentioned that already)

My wee baby just sat there staring at me entertained. 

Cool - maybe I'll be able to do this after all, while he's awake.

But my favorite workouts I can't do with him just sitting there next to me. 

ie: Running, Elliptical

My excellent yummy Sexee Hubby made mention of a double jogging stroller he saw at a 2nd hand place and thought of me.

Hmmmm...that's not a bad idea. 

He's probably going to regret mentioning that to me. 

*evil laugh* 

I wish all my kids were born with instruction manuals. Besides the obvious reasons...

#207 - To avoid a temper tantrum induced by the breeze that seems to annoy him on a whim...do this. etc...

With my first, I'd wake up early early and do whatever workout I could while she slept for an hour or two. If that.

She didn't really sleep until she was 18 months. 

And neither did I. 

Yeah...

My second was AWESOME! I cannot begin to emphasize enough how amazingly awesome he was!

He loved his schedule and slept from a newborn on! 

Wonderful Angel sleeper! 

He even self soothed! 

So I knew when he started to get sleepy, I could lay him down and he'd fall asleep on his own.

No mommy milk needed. 

I'd get at least 2 hrs of workout time!

And he usually slept at the same time every day. 

His schedule was my schedule.

Oh the good ole days!

This is where I'd want an instruction manual.

To know the when's and what's and how's of their sleep timers.

My baby now just refuses to let me get rid of this yucky baby weight.

Maybe he knows something I don't?!

Maybe my milk tastes like cream now and working out will make it taste like Skim Milk? 

TMI? Eh, whatever...

So I'm a firm believer that you make your life what it is. 

In everything.

If you're sad, you choose to be so.

Happy? Same.

Pick a situation...you can do something about it. 

You make YOUR life what it IS!

I refuse to believe that I can't make the time to fit in a workout.

I just wish every kid was the same and I didn't have to invent unique and different ways to get those muscles burnin'! 

Dare to dream, eh? 

So my Pajama's got a wee bit sweaty last night.

20 minute run

30 minute core 

50 minutes total! 

Not bad. But not my goal. 

I'll get there. I know I will. I know it! 

I hope ya'll are having more luck! I'd love to hear how it's going! 

:)

Syndee