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I recently declared one up on chocolate<\/a> and now I have to eat my words (which-btw-I\u2019d eat any time over the horrific chili flavored dark chocolate I tasted the other day).\u00a0 Anyway, chocolate got the better of me.\u00a0 Guess how?\u00a0 I gained back the pound I’d worked so hard to lose.\u00a0 I know you\u2019re thinking what\u2019s one pound<\/em>?\u2026But I\u2019m a very small woman, and so every pound shows.\u00a0 The lesson here is that chocolate, whether or not it tastes good, has a lot of calories.\u00a0 And while I\u2019m talking about weight, this is a good time to mention the amazing stuff I\u2019ve been doing in the gym- I\u2019ve been using the TRX suspension system<\/a>.\u00a0 Seriously, the TRX workouts have been the best ones I\u2019ve ever had.<\/p>\n

[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qESBNiRKo48[\/youtube]\n

I\u2019m seven months after my second cesarean-section, and though I\u2019ve been doing ab exercises for a few months already, I really wasn\u2019t seeing any change in what I call my spaghetti muscles (that\u2019s cooked spaghetti I\u2019m referring to, not al dente, but very <\/em>cooked).\u00a0 What I mean is that my muscles have felt weak and saggy, and even doing hundreds and thousands of crunches didn\u2019t seem to help.\u00a0 Then a trainer in my gym introduced me to the TRX.\u00a0 After six workouts I started to see definition coming back into my abs.\u00a0 Yes, there\u2019s still a ways to go, but it\u2019s a great beginning.\u00a0 It\u2019s also just kind of fun to be suspended.\u00a0 I don\u2019t mean for this to sound like an infomercial, but I have to give credit where credit is due.\u00a0 I\u2019m going to be all about the TRX from now on, so expect to hear more.\u00a0 (Also, blood sugar has been good on the TRX days).<\/p>\n

\"Bougie\"<\/a>In other stomach news, though not workout related, baby Adam has finally gotten over a bout of constipation and is sleeping\u2014and giving me a chance to sit down for a second and blog.\u00a0 And Bougie the cat\u00a0 had an unfortunate episode \u2013 he didn\u2019t exactly make it to the litter box on time, meaning he got himself pretty dirty, meaning that\u2019s what I had to deal with at 6 a.m. today along with the needs of my three boys.\u00a0 Lucky for Mike, he was not around to help since he was out marathon training.\u00a0 He ran 22 miles this morning.\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019m too impressed to complain about his absence.\u00a0\u00a0 In all the mess of the kids, getting them dressed, making breakfast, making their lunches for school, and the cat running around the house with excrement in his trousers, I did neglect myself.\u00a0 I completely forgot to check my fasting blood sugar.\u00a0 One of the hardest things, I find, is remembering to take care of myself.\u00a0 I know I don\u2019t have to tell you this, but it feels good to point it out, so I will: diabetes is a full time job!<\/p>\n

Don’t forget tomorrow is World Diabetes Day.\u00a0 Go Blue!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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