Getting Fit, Quitter’s Style

By Alex Iwashyna, blogger at Late Enough

Richmondmom.com has been posting a series on getting in-shape, which as a doctor, I am all for. Of course, I quit medicine so I thought that I would share some of my best fitness plans for moms who quit things.

Running!

  1. Sign up for the Monument Ave 10K.
  2. Buy a pair of cute running shoes. Preferably, pink.
  3. Find matching spandex, breathable shirt and sports bra. Also, mostly pink.
  4. Imagine how cute you will look in said outfit after you become a RUNNER.
  5. Spend the rest of the month contemplating how to get in-shape enough to look cute running in the cute pink running outfit.
  6. Wear running shoes to pick up son from school.
  7. Eat pasta the night before the Monument Ave 10K.
  8. Earn reputations as the most energetic cheer-er at the Arthur Ashe statue.
  9. Sign up for the Richmond Sun-Trust Marathon.

Yoga!

  1. Attend a yoga class at the new studio down the street.
  2. While sitting in the lobby waiting for class to begin, decide to buy a new yoga mat because your old one is SLIPPERY.
  3. While checking out at the register, decide to buy yoga package: 8 classes in 8 weeks for $80.
  4. Week 2: Get sick.
  5. Week 3-5: Husband, Kid1 and Kid2 get sick.
  6. Week 6: Forget to attend.
  7. Week 7: Decide the class is far too advanced.
  8. Week 8: Realized you bought an $80 yoga class, all yoga mats are slippery and you hate downward dog.

Shopping!

  1. Buy elastic waistband pants.
  2. Feel great.

The first two plans can be repeated with Nintendo Wii, recreational soccer teams and neighbor walking buddies.

Two babies later, I’m at my best elastic-waistband fitness with a closet full of adorable running clothes!

Go me!

Alex Iwashyna

Alex Iwashyna went from a B.A. in Philosophy to an M.D. to a SAHM, poet and writer by 30. She spends most of her writing time on LateEnough.com, a humor blog (except when it’s serious) about life, parenting, marriage, zombies, culture and religion with special appearances by aliens, alienation and rude Southern people who offend her Yankee sensibilities. She has a muse of a husband and two young kids who are Southern but not rude. Yet.

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