Kids and kale and kicking booty at the gym

I’m feeling good today. Was back “off” the CR wagon the last few weeks, imbibing too much wine, eating too much cheese, Doritos and other crap. Yesterday, however, I went back to the gym for the first time since early in my pregnancy. I had gone to the exercise room at my apartment complex a few times during my maternity leave, but nothing consistent, so yesterday was a big step. It’s funny; I felt almost intimidated before I went in, largely because I’ve put on some weight (I’m the heaviest I’ve ever been in my LIFE), and I hadn’t been in for so long. As soon as I went in, however, I realized my worries were needless. My gym is very non-hardbody, at least during the lunch hour. I’d say there are more overweight and/or old folks than young pretty things (male or female), so as soon as I got in, I felt at home. Almost like it hadn’t been a year since I worked out there. I had a good workout, too. Ran for about 10 minutes and walked an additional 35 minutes. Of course, it’s a telling thing that I’m completely sore this morning after a paltry amount of exercise, but I’m cool with it. At least I got myself in.

I also was excellently CR’ed yesterday. Last night for dinner I cooked kale, edamame and various other veggies, along with a baked chicken breast. Happily, my kids now eat kale as well as their old stand-by, broccoli! Connor turned up his nose, but as soon as Cailyn tried it and said, yum, Connor was willing. He doused it with lemon juice and is now a committed kale-o-phile.

Went to the gym again today and had another lovely workout. I have to say that my MP3 player is REALLY a motivator in the gym. The time just flies by when I have some jammin’ music on. My perennial workout favorite: Weapon of Choice by Fatboy Slim. Almost anything by Madonna also is fab, particularly her most recent techno-dance stuff also really gets me moving.

Ok. REALLY busy at work. Gotta get back to it. . .