Well, hellz bellz
Well, crap. I love ya, my lil Luci Goosie. But, Good Lord….. the things you did to my body when you were in there! My goodness, they weren’t lying when they said having a baby changes your body forever. Couple that with the fact that I’m quickly approaching the big 4-0…. and holy moly, not a pretty sight!
To all my HS and college friends out there- remember how I would never wear just a bathing suit in public? How I’d always wear shorts over it? Well, little did I know that it was ALL DOWN HILL from there. Geez, what the heck was I thinking back then? I should’ve been happy with what I had! I should’ve listened to you guys!
I’ve got a little more than a month left to get bikini-ready. NOT gonna happen. Nope. Apparently even training for a marathon won’t be enough to get rid of the post-pg GUT from hell.
Ok, so I guess I haven’t been perfect in my training and I’m sure the [gallons of] queso I’ve consumed since Luci’s birth isn’t helping either. Guess I’m gonna have to learn to watch what I eat now. Which is no fun. I’d rather work out for 5 hours a day and eat what I want than have to watch my caloric intake. Looks like just working out isn’t going to cut it anymore.
So…. no Matt’s El Rancho for me tonight. Strictly salads from here on out (ah-huh, like that’ll ever happen).
I’ve lived with my thunderous thighs//tree-trunks-for-legs (thanks Jim Spiesman) my entire life, so I’m kinda used to that. I am, however, NOT used to having a gut. And it is Jamaican me crazy!
So, my skinny-minny mama friends out there- let me know your secret. What can I do with this thing?
Oh, crunches you say? What are those?
Huh…. interesting concept. Very enlightening. Let me take that under consideration and I’ll get back to ya….
jami
okay, so i don’t have the world’s flattest tummy, but it’s a hell of a lot flatter than it was a year ago. what have i been doing? eating whatever i want (within reason, and not giant huge amounts) and doing crossfit. we hang from bars and pull our knees up to our elbows, we put our feet in rings and pull them in towards our bellies. we strap wheels to our feet and use our hands to roll across the floor. we carry heavy, heavy balls for long distances, we do real situps (not crunches) while holding 35+ pounds up over our heads…and it totally, totally works. i had ZERO ab strength when i started, and now not only can i get my knees up to my elbows when hanging from a bar, but i can get my friggin’ ankles up to the bar. oh, and i can totally do dead-hang pull-ups, but that’s a different story.
of course, right now, my gut is kinda pudgy because we went out of town for the weekend and i literally (and i’m not kidding) ate two 1 lb bags of peanut butter m&m’s myself…
but, seriously, my crazy gym has given me core strength that i never thought possible. although every day i hear my trainer (jokingly) say, “you can’t out-work a shitty diet.” i know that if i got my eating under control and didn’t own a cupcake bakery i’d totally have like a 32 pack by now…
and, for the record, i think you look amazing. and i think you probably don’t need to change a thing – although, if you want to change a thing, i know you can do it!!
love!
j
p dot s: when you come to portland, you have to come to the gym with me. maybe after the marathon though!
Jun 09, 2009 @ 9:27 PM
admin
Jami- I cannot imagine doing all that stuff you do. I can hardly get myself going to run 3 miles lately (in trouble w/marathon). And I HATE going to the gym for weights, HATE IT!
The thing that sucks BAD with the abs? My entire lower abs are STILL completely NUMB from my c-section which makes it so hard/weird to do any ab exercises. It sucks so bad- all the ab muscles i had (they were buried in fat even before but at least they were there- i could feel them), are completely GONE and now it’s NUMB! STILL!!! I hate it!!!!
I checked out a crossfit gym here and it’s expensive! i want you to teach me some stuff i can do at home. i wanna learn that crazy house-frog-walk thing you did all over my house when you were here! You look freakin’ fantastic, by the way, so keep it up, i’m so impressed!!!!! After the maranthon, i’m going to seriously consider getting into a crossfit place here. i don’t think it would be recommended with marathon training (all the programs i’ve read about are weird about the “approved” cross training activities you should do due to increased chance of injury, etc). But, i def. need to tone-up.
Love you!
Jun 10, 2009 @ 7:08 AM
jami
hey lady!
i still can’t feel my c-section area, either. sometimes when my pants are falling down, i can’t even tell because that area is all numb. it’s so weird. and a little gross. so, i completely understand where you’re coming from. ugh.
what you need to find is a gym that is not die-hard crossfit, but sprinkles in some crossfit workouts and breaks away from the normal gym workout stuff. i can totally set you up with some at-home workouts that use a lot of funky stuff that get really great results. i’ll start compiling.
i can definitely see that training for the marathon is all that you should be doing…and 100% straight crossfit is really hard on your body (my gym mixes crossfit with other less intense stuff) – what would be really great for you would be kettlebells. way more fun that regular weight lifting, and super great for core strength. i have a TON of kb workouts that i can send you if you get a couple bells!!
i would look a lot better if i got my diet under control. but i seriously love food waaay too much to not eat what i want. i’m just SO miserable when i deprive myself of things…i do have to shave a few pounds off for my competition in november…so, that should be interesting!!
get some kettlebells!
love
j
Jun 11, 2009 @ 10:14 PM
admin
jami, i think i’m going to get kettlebells this week (or kettle balls as I’ve been calling them). can you do a few flip vids of easy stuff i can do with them? besides the fact that that’d be really damn helpful for me, it’d be really damn hilarious, too! Please?
And, I wanna hear more about this november thing!!!! is that the thing in ohio?
Jun 15, 2009 @ 7:39 AM
peg
So you won’t like my comment……..be happy with the body you got now cause in another 15 years, you’ll be posting again, “what was I complaining about”!
Love Ya!
Peg
Jun 19, 2009 @ 7:36 PM