My workout declaration

Spring/Summer is my favorite time of year.  I mean, for at least 6 months I really truly want to exercise and push myself.  Then I hibernate in the winter :)  Only this year, I'm preggers and so I put off my annual cardio push.  Then I decided that pregnant people everywhere exercise (had some friends in the military that would run 5-6 miles every day right up until 8-9 months!), and it would be good for my mental health to break the sloth cycle.  I went to Amazon and bought 2 DVDs (this was the picture on the front of one of them... how could I NOT buy it?!?!?!)

The other piece of it was swimming.  Matt's training for his first triathlon, and since water is not his second home, he needs a little bit of encouragement going to the pool.  Works for me since Brynna LOVES the pool and starting next week we'll be doing swim lessons 2 nights a week.  But I digress.  Even though Matt was lap swimming, I wasn't, and I blame my years of competitive swimming.  See, in college the average practice was like 2,000 - 3,000 yards.  Warming up was an easy 500.  And I guess I've been thinking that if I wasn't going to put in that level of effort, then swimming wasn't worth it at all.  Last night, I decided to kick that notion to the curb and get back in the pool.... and it felt great!  First, I *heart* "muscle memory".  I felt like a fish, and was psyched to be able to outpace the "medium" swimmers by slowing down my strokes and keeping it smooth.  Second, I was totally winded by the 4th lap.  So I broke it up into 200 yd segments and only actually did 500 yards, but decided to be excited that I actually got an aerobic workout in.

And I realize this is a lot of swim-jargon for people that could care less, but the point is - you should go exercise.  Find something that you enjoy, and do it.  Even if it's only a little bit.  And then do it a little more.  And a little more.  And eventually you'll be kicking ass and taking names and thinking "I can't believe I could only do a "warmup" at the beginning!"