The Stay at Home Mother

Tomorrow I start my first Boot Camp. I have been thinking about doing something just for me for the past few months and finally decided on Bootcamp to shock my body in to shape.

The Bootcamp is meant to push you in to doing things you wouldn't normally do. And the one I am doing is very demanding, very relentless and will help me jump start in to a program that will make me feel better about myself....

I have to admit - I am a little nervous about it. I haven't done any exercising since I was pregnant with my daughter. I am a big runner, but stopped around the five months mark and took up yoga for the last few months of pregnancy.

But after she was born, I didn't return to anything....I just let it all go - and in doing so - my cardio is not what it once was and since I stopped breastfeeding - the pounds are slowly creeping up on me....

I can feel them when I try to put on my favourite jeans, shorts and skirts....its there - and because the weight has been coming on slowly - it thinks I don't know its there....

But I've had a love/hate relationship with my body my entire life (I think all women do). I've been on the heavy end of things with my first pregnancy where I gained almost 75 pounds...and have been on the low end of things where I was so skinny my doctor was concerned with my health (while I was breast feeding my daughter).

But I am looking forward to being stronger, and having some time out that is just for me....I'll keep you posted on how it goes....I hear the first week is really a killer....but at the risk of walking funny for the first little while - bring it on!