go me!

I have three pairs of maternity pants that I rotate through that I'd gotten at good will. Two of them are a spandex pull over your belly to your boobs kind and one is a low rise smallish elastic waistband. My favorite are the pull over ones. I usually wear them for two days and then put them in the laundry. Well, yesterday it was low rise's turn. By the time the boys left for school (an hour after putting them on), I had to get out of them. They felt so tight and as I went upstairs I realized they aren't even really making it up my legs. They just don't fit anymore - and it isn't the belly band's problem - it is the thighs. I went to my drawer and thought about pulling out one of my sweat pants but remembered that with one of them I'd worn the week before I had decided it would have to be the last time b/c it was  getting tight and uncomfortable. I decided to try on the leftover size 18 pants from Jared and Aaron I had tucked in the drawer just in case (thinking 3rd trimester kind of thoughts) and found they weren't quite so saggy anymore. I ended up wearing them for the day.

I had been becoming more and more aware of the collection of fat in my thighs and bottom due to the amount of laying around I am doing but yesterday it was glaringly obvious the consequences of that choice. I made a coded comment about it on facebook that sparked quite the conversation. I didn't want any association with pregnancy on it, so any reference I deleted. It is not about being pregnant. It is about not exercising and the resulting extra padding that creates. But there were some good comments and suggestions - like yoga and just doing it.

I spent some time on youtube and found a couple of prenatal yoga videos and watched the shorter ones. Many of them were short - even as short as 3 minutes!! and some were longer. I decided I can do 10 minutes of breathing and stretching and it wouldn't even matter if I'd already showered. I finally talked myself into doing it. YAY! It was easy enough I even did a second video. 20 minutes of yoga/exercise today. Now only to keep it up.