Shredding My Fake Pregnancy Away

Well, as most of you know, since I couldn't stop talking, tweeting, and writing about it -- last week, a blind clueless well-meaning gymnastics teacher from my kids' gym asked me if I am pregnant. As is, my stomach is so big, it looks like another life form is being incubated in there. Great.

So, I'm joining the #shredheads in an effort to tone up and eliminate any potential confusion. While I love the idea of getting a seat on the crowded T, I'd prefer to be shredded.

Here's my deets:

Code Name: So Not Pregnant

Tag line: Eliminating the pregnancy ambiguity one shred at a time

Diet Plan: Only eat until I'm full, SlimFast at lunch

Rules: None really

Before pictures: No freaking way

Shred plan: Mix it up, primarily levels 2 & 3, combine with Turbo Jam abs a few days a week

Guess My Exercise Routine Isn't Working...

On Saturday afternoon, I picked up a copy of Katherine Center's new book, Everyone is Beautiful, at the Mom 2.0 Summit. It was a great book to read on my trip home from Houston -- not only was it entertaining and captivating, it also is coincidentally about a woman who moves from Houston to Boston. At the very beginning of the book, the main character comes across a woman in the park who accidentally thinks she's pregnant. This unfortunate mistake actually affects the main character enough that it sets off the events of the novel (a book I recommend that you read).

Anyway, on Wednesday, I took my two kids to their 9:30am gymnastics class. Getting two kids ready to leave the house is hard enough, so I usually don't spend a ton of time getting myself ready. On this particular Wednesday, I wore a red hooded sweater, a pair of Lucy tech pants, and pulled my hair into a ponytail.

I was quietly watching my son bounce on the trampoline when the teacher walked over to me and in a friendly manner, put her arm around my shoulder and asked me if I am pregnant.

Okay, so I'm NOT pregnant, and haven't been for almost three years. Furthermore, I've been working out like a crazy woman, and have lost a good amount of weight. Why would one woman ask another one this question? I have felt awful about myself since this happened and will definitely not be wearing that red hooded sweater anymore!

And what did I say to the gymnastics teacher? "Oh God no!". And she didn't even seem to feel remorseful...

My Expedition Everest 5K Training Progress

So, in the spirit of my New Year's Resolutions, I'd like to offer an update on the progress I've made in training for the Expedition Everest 5K (and yes, I know that 5K is really like 3 miles and a 34 year old woman really shouldn't even need to train to run that).

Buying cute new workout clothes totally counts as training, right?

Ok, so in addition to buying very cute new workout clothes, I've also been working out about an hour a day! While I'd really like to run outside, I'm afraid of falling on my butt in the ice. So, for now, it's purely indoor training.

The good news -- I'm back to my pre-Disney, pre-holiday weight! (down 8 1/2 pounds from Labor Day, and down 13 pounds from my non-pregnant heaviest).