"i'll be better starting monday" - week 1

well, it's monday.  time to start being better.  what am i talking about?

getting. back. in. shape.  deep sigh.

ever since i wrote this post, about how getting back in shape was starting to feel like work, i lost some motivation.  sure, vacations/bbq's/a-baby-who-started-to-sleep-a-lot-better (read: didn't wake me up for my 5:30 am pump/rpm classes) & then a baby-who-started-to-sleep-worse (read: "4 month wakeful") all played a part in my lost motivation.

but when i see that, i just see excuses.
& now i'm done with excuses.

i've managed to get out every now & then & run with the jogging stroller, but nothing consistent.  thanks to awesome seattle weather {sarcastic font}, the ability to do this is going to become even less consistent.

pre-parker, going a week without working out would have been unheard of.  unheard of.

i can honestly not remember when my last work out was.  two weeks ago?  sad, sad, sad.
so now i'm vowing to change that.  i'm setting some goals.  no more excuses.

here goes.

-- i WILL work out at least 3x this week, for at least 30 minutes.  gotta start somewhere.

& that's it for today.  see how easy that was?  why set a whole bunch of crazy unrealistic expectations only to fail right here in front of the whole blogosphere?

i'll report back next monday.

in the meantime, how do you other mommas out there fit in your fitness?  what works for you?  do you feel guilty leaving your little ones with dad after his day of work & heading to the gym? 

sam does not make me feel guilty in the least bit.  in fact, he accommodates me in any way he can to get me to the gym because he knows how important it is to my sanity.  it's just that the last thing i want to do when he comes home from being gone all day is leave him.  i want to stay home & enjoy my little family!

i took this picture three weeks before i found out i was pregnant.  i was training for an olympic distance triathlon at the time & had just come in from a 30 mile bike ride.

i still remember how good i felt that day, but it feels like forever ago.  i. miss. it.

& in case you're wondering what is even going on in this picture, i was trying to show my sister my highlights.  my hair was like, dark dark dark before this.  i know, random.

& now, in unrelated things...

i think sam is coming around to the idea of getting this family a dslr of some sorts.  i'm leaning towards the nikon d90, but i hear really really good things about canon dslrs too.  it kinda sounds like it's six one way, half a dozen the other but i'm gonna do some research.

for all you shutter bugs out there, what do you recommend?  please give me your two cents.

in the meantime, i continue to lust after pictures taken by my sister & her nikon d90.  so much that i'm even entering one in a photo contest over at the paper mama's blog this week!  the theme is "excitement".

does it get much more exciting than this?

i submit that it does not.

you can check out all the other entries here: 



oh yeah, & guess what?  we've drawn a winner for our p-ray poster giveaway!  i am so excited to post results tomorrow.  but for now, this little girl needs her beauty sleep.

i have a big work out waiting for me in the morning.



hey, even though our giveaway is over, your votes still count ;)