So remember when I wrote about my dream of having two hours to myself to workout and shower? Well today I got my wish. I got up with the kids at quarter to six in the morning, I fed the baby (Of course, I'd been up with him twice already during the night), then got him to go back to sleep in his crib. I then pumped my boobs and Alex started calling for me. I got him up and put him on the potty, then got him some juice and turned on Sesame Street (Alex is going through an "All Elmo All The Time" phase right now, and oh how do I hate Elmo? Let me count the ways...). I got dressed and by 6:20 I was ready to go out the door. It took another 10 minutes to get John up to keep and eye on Alex, but by 6:30 I was in the car and off to the gym.
I managed to snag the one available elliptical machine, but soon found out that it was available only because the resistance didn't work. So, I had an easy workout this morning. But I got to do 30 minutes (when the fitness room is full, you can only do 30 minutes at a time on any particular machine) and then I did another 15 on the recumbent bike on level 8. I did my 100 crunches (I'm trying to work up to more, but my abs are still all floppy and worthless from the pregnancy.) and headed home. Max was still asleep so I hopped in the shower, brushed my teeth, put clean clothes on and got a cup of coffee. John was able to start his morning routine by 7:45 (so I got an hour and 15 minutes to myself).
IT WAS GLORIOUS! I'm not being facetious. I'm serious, getting my workout done early and getting to start out the day showered and clean felt so amazing. It's the little things that make me so happy these days.
To add the cherry on top, I got on the scale and saw that I was down another three pounds. If you're keeping score at home, that means I'm four pounds into my September Challenge and a total of FOURTEEN pounds lost since the beginning of PHM!
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