listen to our bodies

           
                It's Wednesday!! That means we are that much closer to Friday which puts me that much closer to Monday!!! Why am I so excited for Monday?? This momma has been restricted from the gym until Monday. If you know me you know this is driving me crazy,if you can't tell. Im literally counting down the days.
                 Your probably wondering why I can't workout? Well long story short I pushed my body to it's limit.  I got a sinus infection shortly after my son was born and continued to push myself and workout through it. Well needless to say it never went away then I came down with the stomach flu as well pure exhaustion. Unfortunately it came to this for me to learn that I need to listen to my body and not ignore how I feel. I mean if I can't care for myself how can I care for my son?
                 I wanted to share this story because 1 it is very very important we listen to our bodies. In my situation I was pushing myself because I had my first postpartum crossfit competition coming up. Well not letting myself heal just made things worse. I was not able to compete to my ability and I was too sick to compete on the 2nd day of the competition. Huge lesson learned. 2nd reason I wanted to share this story was so that other new mom's could learn from my mistake. Is it ok to go back to the gym 2 weeks postpartum? Answer is yes if you had a natural delivery and of course if you feel up to it go right ahead and start back slowly. Being a new mom takes a lot out of you then throw a full time job in the mix and the gym well let's just say some days just seem like a blur. What I learned from my experience is take a day off here and there heck even a week break is great for the body. By Monday I will have been off for 2 weeks and I cannot wait to train hard again but this time I will not be testing my bodies limits.