Yoga is hard! & other excuses for not exercising.

There have been some changes in my life recently.

First, I deleted my personal Facebook page.

Don’t worry, my wonderful business page, Heather Scent Aromatherapy, is still there. And you are still a fan, I’m sure.

Facebook can be a huge time suck.  I would sit down at the computer to check a few messages, and before you know it, 45 minutes have passed! And I don’t even play any games on there, so where was my time going?

{There I am, sitting at my computer.  Which, incidentally,  looks like it has one of those plastic monitors you see on office furniture floor models at Staples. I’m also seventeen years old, did you not know that?}

Second change: I’ve started exercising.

Before I got pregnant, I was beginning to practice yoga.  Then I had to stop for a bit since it’s not advised to practice yoga in the first trimester if you have a history of miscarriage.   Then I had morning sickness well into the second trimester.  Then I was really, really, huge and didn’t feel like it. Plus it was hot.

Then I had a baby and leaky boobs, and well, you know how it goes.

Before I knew it, that ‘baby’ was starting kindergarten and I was still carrying around the extra 25 pounds he gave me.

Thanks a lot, kid! I gave you life, and you give me back fat. Not a fair trade.

Anyway.  Next year is my non-husband and mine’s 10th anniversary and to celebrate we are taking a tropical vacation, most likely to Cuba.

There is NO WAY I am walking my jiggly belly around the beach in Cuba.

I’ve got a year to lose the jiggle.

I’ve cut back to 1 can of Pepsi a day.  (Sadface)

I haven’t been to McDonald’s in weeks. (Double sadface. With cheese.)

And I’m exercising a little bit each day, no matter how much I don’t want to.

I tried yoga again, but I’m too spazzy.

I want to run, but it’s too cold right now.  That will change soon, and I’ll be doing the Couch-to-5k running program, with the aid of the Get Running  iPhone app.  It’s on sale for 99 cents right now, so you should check it out.

Today I did the Tone Zone workout from Women’s Health Magazine.  {You should sign up with their website. You get access to all sorts of PDF workouts for free.}

I couldn’t get up to a full 15 reps for most of the exercises, but I worked as hard as I could.  And then I pushed for one more.

This one, The Plank, is especially difficult.  I had to do it on my knees, and could only manage 3 reps on each side.

And now I’m going to go stand in a hot shower for eighty minutes, then crawl into bed and never get out again.