Exercise

A couple of months ago I joined Gold's gym - no I'm not trying to become a body builder or anything :-) But it's close, cheap and has day care which means I can go during the day. I decided to join because in May I was carrying Micaiah up a couple of stairs and my legs felt like jello. I knew I needed to get in shape but it was becoming painfully obvious that if I didn't do it soon I might not be able to walk at all (OK, maybe a little over exaggeration). Also, if/when I ever get pregnant again, I want to be in good shape before hand. I'm not getting any younger so it will be harder and harder to drop the pounds after as well as not gain too much weight during. Damien also thinks I'd be tempting fate since I've been so lucky to not get stretch marks or to retain the extra pounds so I want to make sure my body would be ready :-) So I have to say that I LOVE it. One reason I joined a gym as opposed to just jogging or exercising to videos at home is that I need that extra bit of motivation of "I'm paying money so I'd better use it!". I also enjoy taking classes. I never seem to be able to push myself quite enough so it helps when there is someone else to do it. The gym has also been recently renovated and has this cool cinema room where it's dark and they play a movie on a large screen. Very distracting which is great - plus I like the dark room where you feel like no one can really see you. The day care area is cool and has a mini- basketball court and McDonald's-like play set. The people are nice but sometimes I worry a little when there are way more kids than adults. But now that school has started again the numbers are down. It's amazing how exercising just for a couple of week can already make a difference in how you feel. So now, three months into it I haven't lost weight (which isn't a goal anyway) but things feel a little less jiggly and I can carry the kids without getting winded. I'm hoping I can keep the motivation up to make this part of my life-style. I guess we'll see!