In another life....

i was an athlete.  One of the big reasons I decided to start blogging was so that I can chronicle my attempt at living "The best life" (without sounding too Oprah cliche) I can after the birth of this child....To get back in shape & do something amazing.  Ideally, I have three goals.  I'd like to compete in another figure show....

my very first triathlon & also run in the Boston Marathon to support my very good friend's charity...Micky Ward Charities.  I know they are lofty goals but after spending about 2 years trying to conceive this little bugger...and keeping my physical activity to a minimum (doctor's orders combined with perhaps a bit of depression) I am more anxious than ever to get back on the wagon & prove to myself that I can do it.  From there....who knows!!  I have always loved helping/coaching my friends on diet & exercise programs & if I get into the right place physically...I just may be able to turn it all into some kind of career for myself.  For years I sat behind a desk in an office somewhere & I felt as if I sold myself short.  As if I were missing a huge piece & I think finally it is coaching or teaching health & fitness.  So here I am 8.5 months pregnant & I am trying to come up with a plan for myself (and 2 babies....and a husband).  I have several obstacles in my way.  I'm not being pessimistic, I'm being realistic.  The first is I am having a C-section.  It requires 10 weeks of recovery.  I can do some light Cardio, but basically no lifting over 20 lbs.  If I were able to push the kids out the old fashioned way, I would have had less of a recovery time....but I'm not so lucky.  (or AM I??)  :-)  The second is....I have a bad Inguinal Hernia.  My family & closer friends know about it....But it has really put a monkey wrench in my pre-natal work out plans.  I thought that I would be able to work out at least 3x a week until where I am now.....But no dice.  In addition....I have to wait until my C-Section is completely healed before I can have the surgery to repair this hernia.  (Remind me to get a second opinion on that) Apparently there is a great risk of infection if I get the surgery the same time as my C-Section.  Ughhh...  Finally- My last obstacle.  This morning I had a bowl of Fruity Pebbles for  breakfast.  Last night I had a bowl of Mint crushed cookie ice cream with Magic Shell.  I am an eating machine!!!!!!!!  This kid basically knocks on my abdominal wall & says "Ummmm....Can I get something friend or nasty to eat please" to which I respond....Of course my son!  Anything for you.  Is there where a mother's perpetual need to oblige her son's every need begins?  I try to be good but then I'm thinking.....It's my last pregnancy EVER and I'm going to be working my butt off shortly after he is here so why not indulge a bit????  Every last little thing I have learned about fitness & diet and the right & wrong things to eat?  Out the window.  Who do I think I am????  I am 38 years old!!  This is going to take me a lifetime to get off if I keep it up.  Another reason why I can NOT wait for this child to be born!!!!!  Long gone are the days that I could drink 8 beers & wake up for work the next morning only needing a bacon, egg & cheese sandwich to snap out of it.  What makes me think that being able to consume foods the way I have been is any different?  Many of my girlfriends ask me fitness tips....and it's so simple.  It's 85% diet!!!!  The easiest way to lose 10lbs & to keep it off is to eliminate some of the crap they indulge in at the TIME they do it.  The rest is cardio & light weights.  The HARDEST part about the lifestyle change is adhering to it.  I know this better than any.  I remember when I was training for my figure show, my husband & I went to Outback steak house.  I ordered plain broiled fish with broccoli & my husband (The jerk) ordered a steak & I cried.  It was so hard.  Many times I had to think to myself....There are people in our world that would KILL (literally) to eat this piece of crap i'm eating!!!!  OK....Enough.  I've gone off in many directions.  But you get my drift.....I have a long crazy road ahead of me.....and hopefully this blog will keep me honest.  

P.S.  You will find that my punctuation, inability to break & re-format into paragraphs etc. is horrendous.  I don't care.  I am writing this mainly for me & perhaps to inspire someone to laugh along with me from time to time.  So if you don't like the way I am writing...Pound Sand!  Now I'm off to make myself a second breakfast.  :-/  HELP!!!!!!