The Curse of Mommy Tummy.

Well, needless to say, I didn't start this week like I wanted to. However, I feel this to be a blessing in disguise. I have been eating better, though! That's a start... right?

While browsing around on Pinterest, I found this pin. It's all about what's called Diastasis Recti... a condition is which your abdomen muscles are separated from pregnancy and csections. It's not irreversible, but if you don't exercise correctly, you could actually make it worse.

Since I had a double [double] whammy, with two pregnancies and two csections, I immediately read through the article. I checked out my belly just like it said... and big surprise (not really) I have "Mommy Tummy."  I could fit damn near three fingers in the gap. THREE. It was a very sad moment... but then I look at my boys, and realize that I would have turned in my flat tummy for those two any day :) Now- just to fix it.

The link I provided also gives exercise examples on how to correct Mommy Tummy... so whenever I'm laying down I work on a couple of them. They're really simple, even for me... the woman whose  had her abdomen severed... twice ;)

The other day while grocery shopping (all mostly healthy stuff, of course!) I picked myself up a graphing notebook. I'm not sure why I went with the graph paper, I guess I thought it would be easier to keep it nice and neat, since there is up and down lines too. However right now it's still sitting unused on my counter. My Fitness & Motivation Pinterest Board has all kinds of exercises and healthy foods to eat. After the boys are all in bed tonight, I might just sit down and go through it all. Hubbs will even be in bed early, since he has duty early in the morning. Hopefully I will survive past 9 p.m. tonight, so I can actually accomplish this task!