Sounds like an oxymoron , doesn't it? Where do u find the time? Between the feedings, diaper changes and peek-a-boos, time flies and I am lucky if I have time to throw in a shower and a snack in the mist of all of that.
I am currently on maternity leave struggling to find the time and I can't even fathom what it will be like once I go back to work full-time!!!
Every bit of advice I received on this subject are many different versions of :"girl just do it!" and "put yourself first". Please! who are we kidding. In my world, my family will always comes first. Now that being said my goal is to avoid repeating the mistake that most of our mothers have made by not taking care of themselves throughout the years. Even thought I don't make the top of my list I want to make sure that I at least make the list.
See, I am lucky, I have a lot help. Thank God for the village that is my mother, my father, my sisters, my brothers, my cousins and my friends and of course my man. I cannot imagine doing it all on my own like so many single mothers out there! Cuddos to them!!! They are my heros. Not only do they have to raise perfect little upstanding human beings, they are expected to look good doing it too.Talk about pressure!!! So to all my single mothers out there: I salute you!
Has some of you may already know, 8 weeks after giving birth to my son I started this fitness journey going to yoga, Pilates , pole dancing and fitness classes and they were fun but I found it quite challenging to make it to each and every class and bit expensive. I had every intention on giving different styles of training a try but time management became an issue. I actually enjoy working out but it needs to be affordable for one and more importantly schedule friendly. I mean I had to make sure to find someone to babysit (usually my mother, love her), drive him to the babysitter, make sure I had pumped some milk for the little one (I am breastfeeding) and it cost me quite a bit of money for a 3 month membership and not to mention the instructors that gave the courses in question originally sometimes didn't even show up and you would end up with a substitute that I didn't even like anyway just way too much trouble...
I needed a new plan!!!
Coincidentally a brand new sport center is being built in my neck of the woods with state of the art facilities. It opens on the 1st of October. The cool thing about this center is that its being run by a non-profit organisation which basically means that its affordable. Picture this for the same price of a 1 year membership for one person at my old facility, I got two 1 year membership for my man and I that gives us full access to all the facilities of the center such as tennis, fitness classes, yoga, boot camp and much more.
As of the 4th of October, I will be going back to the gym, I even get an one on one with a kinesiologist (Someone that works in the health promotion industry with individuals to enhance the health, fitness, and well-being of the individual) after a bio-impedance evaluation (a commonly used method for estimating body composition in particular body fat).
I am so excited!!! I like the flexibility of the hours that this option provides and the free daycare service doesn't hurt either.
