Exercise

I had always heard that after you have a baby and nurse, the pounds just miraculously disappear. Well, I've found that's not necessarily true. Until about three weeks ago I hadn't lost a single ounce since a week after I had Kayla. I was eating well and exercising some but it just wasn't happening.

At that time I noticed that a DVD called "30 Day Shred" had been a best-seller for a long time and was really high on the list. So, I bought one and thought I would give it a try. Jillian Michaels from "The Biggest Loser" is on it. I've never seen the show but it sounded like a workout I could do. Plus, I've always heard that in order to lose weight you need to build muscle because muscles burn fat. I REALLY like the workout because you just do each exercise for 1/2 minute to 1 minute. I can do anything for that long. You do like 3 minutes of weights, 2 minutes of cardio, and 1 minute of abs. Then repeat it 3 times.

After the first time of doing it, I felt so good. My back felt so much better and I had so much blood in my head and rushing through my body. For the first week or a little more, I was really sore even though I only worked out for 20 minutes. It's only been about 3 weeks now and I haven't lost as much weight as Jillian says you can, but I've lost 2 pounds but my pants fit like I lost 5 pounds or so. Since I only have about 15-20 pounds to lose, I'm really happy about the 2 pounds because the last pounds are harder to lose and because nothing else seemed to be doing the trick.

Besides losing a little weight, my back is doing a lot better. I think a lot of the problems I've been having with it is just that it was wimpy and needed some more muscles. The muscles help hold it in place and the exercising and increased circulation really help with the soreness.

I also have a lot more energy and seem to get more done in the day even though I take out 30 minutes or so to exercise. It's just so much better than simply walking. It's definitely harder to do but I feel so empowered when I do some of the moves and I can feel my body slowly changing - even if no one else can tell yet.

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I guess my whole point of this article is that our bodies are meant to be used and if we don't use them as God intended, we won't be able to use them when we want to.