I'm back!

I am currently 21 days post-partum. I gave birth to two beautiful, big boys on May 1st. They were 7lbs1oz and 6lbs7oz at birth. My labor was just over 2 and a half hours long, and both boys were born vaginally with no pharmaceutical pain relief. I breast-fed in the hospital and am continuing to pump for at least another month.

I said I'd be back when I was ready to start talking about fitness again, and so here I am. I gained a total of 64 lbs with the pregnancy and have lost 39 at last check (1 week ago). I have begun working out 2-3 times a week (very lightly) and have picked my very first fitness goal:

http://www.foxcitiesmarathon.org/

I will be doing the half-marathon, and will definitely be doing some shorter races thru the summer to assess my progress.

I am starting with a modified couch-5k program... but since I already know that I can jog for 2 minute intervals I'll be reducing my walking intervals first more quickly. I am hoping to be up to 3 miles consistantly by the end of June... that gives me July/August/Sept to build up to 13 miles for the half.

I hope everyone is healthy and keeping up with their SMART goals...

Posted by Lexy at May 22, 2006 05:53 PM