SweatwithJi

I am anxious about the school year starting and having enough time and energy to do everything I need to do. To work, pump, spend time with kids, cook and prep healthy meals, sleep, spend quality time with Wanji, work out.. I'm trying to not let it overwhelm me. I can see myself talking myself out of working out. So to counteract that here are reasons I should work out. 1. I sleep better when I work out. 2. I have more energy when I work out-- for work and for my kids. 3. I feel better, therefore my mood, attitude, outlook on life is brighter and happier when I work out. I feel better about myself. 4. I will look better-- being able to wear better clothes, which will also help me feel better. 5. I can fit workouts in on Sat, Sun, and ONE weekday morning. I just have to wake up early!!! Because it WILL be worth it. On days I work out: -I need to prep all pumping supplies, lunches, clothing, kenji's stuff, workout stuff.. the night before. 720pm Feed Kenji 745 sleep...

I decided to start a new blog to document my fitness journey so that I can see how far I've come. About me: I am a 32 year old Korean-American, Mom of two, and a full-time elementary school art teacher at a high needs school. I am Mom to a very active 28 month old girl and a 2 month old newborn boy. I have struggled with many body issues over the years since middle school and I have learned that fitness and eating healthy keeps me happy and well balanced. I have had knee surgery twice and struggle with plantar fascitiis, so I have to be very careful about listening to my body and taking it easy with high-impact workouts. I am now 2 months (and three days if you want to be exact) post-partum and in week 4 of pre-BBG Kayla Itsines Sweat program. A couple of weeks I missed one of the resistance workouts so I decided I am going to repeat weeks 3 and 4 of pre-BBG. Plus, it was getting too difficult for my out-of-shape post partum body. I gained about 40 lbs during my pregnancy. At...