work it out.

confession: still haven't made it to the gym. i've tried and failed 7 consecutive work days. (side note: those are the days i have actually tried going...hadn't tried to go to the gym post-Ellie till then. eek). going at 5:00 am is a lot harder than it sounds. anyway, i was feeling real guilty about it...

{creepy one-eyed guilty face}

but then i read this little snippit from my little nursing book:

pg 33:

"now that's a workout! breastfeeding can burn up to 500 calories per day. So while you sit calmly nursing your baby, you burn the same number of calories you would if you completed:

• one hour of high-impact aerobics
• one hour of mowing the lawn with a push mower
• one hour of shoveling snow
• one our of chopping and splitting wood
• one hour of coal mining
• one hour of horse grooming
• ninety minutes of hunting
• more than ninety minutes of hunching over and bathing a dog
• two hours of paddle-boating
• two hours of mopping
• two and a half hours of applying fertilizer to your lawn
• three hours of brushing your teeth
• five hours of standing in a line
• seven hours of making out with your spouse"

ok, so even though my abs aren't as sexy as i remember them being...i feel a little better knowing my body is workin' out whether i tell it to or not.

thanks, little nursing book.