Reclaiming - Day 6 (Fit Friday!)

One thing I idealised before children was the concept of exercising with babies. A video (of which I could not find since) of a new mother with her few-months old infant, using the baby as weights, left an impression on me, as a wonderful way of incorporating one's value for fitness and baby's need to be held.

The value of my fitness drifted rapidly down the scale with birth recovery challenges, mastitis pains, and the clash of nighttime schedules at home and taekwondo. Finally the loss of transport with the car dying removed getting to the classes as an option entirely, and with declining self-esteem increased my snacking habits some more.

I had tried some stretches and lifts by myself a few times with no feeling of accomplishment (but plenty of feeling awkwardness and clumsiness). I searched YouTube this morning for an exercising with a baby video, and found a 20 minute cardio routine.

All that bouncing around was so exhausting that all baby wanted after was to have a big drink and go for her first nap of the day. How adorable.

For me even though I got tired during, I was smiling the entire time. Which was more than I do of 20 minutes of staring at my phone all the time.