Working out

Have y’all started working out again? I’m 10 weeks postpartum and I haven’t really felt like I had the energy to workout. I am doing physical therapy twice a week and then being active a bit at home just with housework and all the lifting and holding haha idk I feel sore all the time anyway even though I’m not back in the gym or doing work outs at home. Is anyone else feeling this way? Are y’all back to your regular routine with working out?

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I used to be in such good shape always at the gym but ever since I had my baby I never want to go. Idk why. It feels like a chore like I dread to do it

Heck no 😅
Im using LO as a weight sometimes. But I get well over 10,000 steps a day just pacing and rocking, my arms burn holding her, and my back aches. Once she has longer wake windows and independent play, I plan to get back to it (I have a home gym, very small though)
I do lunges, squats, arm curls, arm presses, etc with her as the weight 😂

I used to run every day, now I'm lucky to get one run a week!

Thanks for commenting y’all! It makes me feel good I’m not alone. It’s so easy to put pressure on myself to get back to how things were with that part of my life but it seems like it’s normal that I haven’t been feeling able to yet. Hopefully eventually I can get back into it but I guess I will give myself some grace for now and just do what I can.

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