So at my six-week checkup after the baby was born, I weighed in at 14 pounds over my pre-baby weight (for THIS baby), which totals 34 pounds over my pre-first-baby weight, which totals 50 pounds over my pre-engaged-to-be-married weight.

THIS MUST NOT STAND.

Granted, a lot happened since The Man put that shiny rock on my hand.  The most relevant was that my thyroid stopped working. (Wish I had known that at the time, could have saved myself years of angst and a bunch of those pounds).  But now I’m checked out, properly medicated, and have no excuses.  And I miss running - I really, really miss it, and I especially miss those days when I ran at least 3 times a week - which meant I didn’t have to watch every single bite I put into my mouth.

I’ve been walking 3 times a week for a few weeks now, but I’m just not in the kind of shape to lace up my Adidas and go for the burn a few weeks after having a baby!  Thank goodness I ran across the Couch to 5K Running Plan.

It’s an 8-week plan of interval training that is designed to build your endurance from sofa spud to 3-mile jogger, starting with 3 20-minute workouts a week.

Twenty minutes, three times a week.  I can do that.

And interval training is supposed to be the best workout for burning fat - not just while training, but for the rest of the day.  I see Bob and Jillian coaching intervals for their contestants on “The Biggest Loser” all the time.  If it’s good enough for the fabulous Jillian, it’s good enough for me.

I’ll be writing here about my progress, we’ll see how it goes.