Post Prego Body

Despite not gaining very much during the pregnancy, at three weeks post partum I still have about half the weight to lose to get back to the pre-prego stage. The funny thing about the situation is that I feel great! I look in the mirror and am amazed at how 'skinny' I feel. I guess when you carry around a watermelon for a couple months anything will look skinny!

Me an hour before the C-section at 41 weeks and 1 day. 

The bad part comes in when I am wearing my yoga pants, cause that's all that really fits, and I think to myself that I look like I can fit into my jeans... then comes the sad part where I struggle to squeeze my legs, hips, booty and finally the soft mass that used to be my stomach into material that has a sense of humor. Pissed, I throw the jeans to the ground and wonder how will I ever be back into them when I feel so great? 

Funny thing is that you always want what you can't have. I curse the pre-prego days where I thought I could lose a couple pounds. I must have been out of my freakin mind! I am not in a hurry to be back to normal but I feel back to normal. Make sense?

Supposedly, I can't work out for another 7 weeks because of the c-section. Really? That means for basically a whole year I haven't done squat to raise my heart rate. The first time back in the gate I might die of cardiac surprise. I can hear my heart now, "nobody told me the vacation was ending! I quit!!"

Until then I will wear my yoga pants patiently and continue to be amazed at what my body can actually endure.

Tchau,

Sara