Operation: Lose Baby Weight

If you're a follower on Twitter, or a friend on Facebook, you already know that I'm on a mission to lose the baby weight. All those damn Sausage McMuffins need to be freed from my belly! Stupid pregnancy cravings.

My cousin, Keli, inspired me to do this program called Couch to 5K, and it's a running program that slowly eases those couch potatoes (me) from the sitting position to an all-out run in 9 weeks. If you know me, you know I hate running. I hate it. Passionately. The people who say, "Oh running is so refreshing to me, it really lets me think" gross me out and I don't understand them. This is probably one of the top reasons I started to run, because I want to know what all the hype is about.

I'm in my second week of running and I'm already faster and stronger. Woohoo! But do I love running yet? Absolutely not. It's a tedious chore for me to get on the treadmill and run. And believe me, I hate every second of it. My favorite part of it is when it's over. I love that part. But if I was being honest, I would have to say that I'm enjoying the fact that everyday, or sometimes every other day, I am being very active. This is new for me.

I want to lose the baby weight so that I can be an active parent. I was finding myself on the couch or the floor with Nyla for 8+ hours a day! That's when I decided that enough was enough; time to do something with my day! I want to be the parent who can actually go play on the playground with Nyla instead of watching from the park bench.

My other inspiration for doing this is none other than The Rock. Yes, the Samoan WWE wrestler. Ridiculous, I know, but he has this group of followers that he encourages and pumps up everyday. They're called Team Bring It. It's not an official group or anything, but following The Rock on Twitter, he daily reaffirms to his followers to be the best they can be that day. Not the day before, not tomorrow, but staying in the today. I feel like that spoke to me. Isn't that funny? The Rock spoke to me through Twitter.

I want to earn a Team Bring It shirt. Yeah, I could go to Hot Topic and buy one and wear it, but I'd feel like such a fraud wearing it. "Oh I'm on Team Bring It and I watch TV for 8 hours a day." That doesn't make sense. So I'm doing this running program, and when December comes around and I'm in week 6, I will feel like I'm ready for that TBI shirt. I might even have to buy a bunch of them to wear during workouts.