Starting All Over Again

Happy New Year! I am thrilled to be writing again after over a year of silence - getting pregnant and giving birth will do that to you. Throughout my pregnancy, I maintained belly dancing as well as yoga, which I think contributed to the ease and quickness of my labor. For a pretty detailed account of Brooks' birth, read here. Now, 8 weeks after the birth of my beautiful daughter, I am ready to get back into some real training.

I went for my first run on New Year's Day, but didn't get very far because I decided to take our dog. Turns out he's a little more trouble on a run than I care to deal with. I am planning to train him to be my running partner though. Key word there is training. I also did a few ab exercises. My abs are definitely still not back to their original position.

Sunday, Josha and I went for a walking/running/snowshoeing adventure. It was a blast, and I hope we get to do it again soon.

For Christmas I got weights and a work out bench, so I should be able to start lifting again too!

Here are my goals:

Run at least twice a week - once will be more endurance and the other will be sprints.

Lift weights twice or 3x a week - I still need to find some sort of plan to follow - suggestions?

Yoga twice a week.

Eat more vegetables.