Rejuvenating My Post Partum Workout

After the birth of my daughter, I was super excited and ready to get back to my workout routine. I had mentally prepared for the day that I would finally be able to exercise again. I felt like I needed to get started as soon as possible and when my midwife told me that I would most likely be able to resume my workouts at four weeks post partum, I was determined to get started as soon as possible. With lots of anticipation, I started my post partum exercise at exactly four weeks. My motivation level was extremely high because I wanted to get my body back into shape. I had set fairly ambitious goals for myself and after some minor alterations, I reached most of my “get fit” goals. Now at six months post partum I have just one more goal to reach. I still need to lose the last five pounds of my pregnancy weight. However, after five months of working out religiously, my motivation is starting to wane especially since I am not seeing the results I want as quickly as I expected. In an effort to rejuvenate my workout routine, I started adding different workouts and working out every day instead of only five times a week. This change not only helped to shock my body but it also gave me the motivation I needed to keep working out (I had considered just taking a week off). Several weeks after I made this change I felt myself in a workout rut again. I started to put off my workout until I found myself at the end of the day with no motivation to exercise but with a deep sense of guilt for not getting it done. In an effort to assuage my guilt, I would force myself to get in at least thirty minutes before I went to bed (working out at ten in the evening is not fun). This past week I have finally felt more motivated to get my workouts done every day thanks to my sister’s return. We work really well off of one another. I motivate her to exercise regularly and she motivates me to push myself harder and to try different and more challenging workouts. In the weeks and months to come I am striving to lose the last five pounds once and for all (which of course means severely limiting sweets as well)!