Post Baby Body

Up until last year I was pretty happy with my body. Sure, a few hours in the gym wouldn't have hurt, but all in all, I was in pretty good shape. I had the luxury of wearing whatever I wanted from my closet on any given day or night. Add in 1 baby, 2 1/2 months of bed rest and a few minor food cravings and voile....you have "post baby body" and an additional 30 lbs. A couple of weeks ago I started to work towards getting my pre-baby body back. I live with a Tri-athlete so there was no pressure, of course :-) I set my priorities...new gym clothes ! You have to have the right tools don't you? I went to the gym, took the tour and got started. The first 2 weeks were about working out a schedule and trying new classes. A balance of spinning, weights, yoga & pilates seemed like it would not only burn those pounds off, but also allow for a bit of "me" time. Needless to say, after 2 weeks I haven't lost 1 pound according to the scale in our bathroom. I've come to hate that scale and am convinced that it's broken. In an effort to ramp up the weight loss, I thought I'd challenge my highly competitive husband to a few games of Racquetball during the week. Last night was our first game. There was no way I was going to let him win. After an hour of play, I was done and defeated. What made me think that I could physically keep up with the "Ironman"? Well, it seems that I didn't have to and according to the rules of Racquetball... I WON !! Yes, it's true. Cheap, but true...

Rules:
During play, a player loses the rally if any one of the following occurs:[6]

The ball bounces on the floor more than once before being struck.
The ball does not reach the front wall on the fly.
The ball flies into the spectator's gallery or wall opening or strikes an out-of-bounds surface above the court's normal playing area [cf. Rule 2.1(a)].[7]
A slow ball with neither the velocity nor direction needed to strike the front wall strikes another player.
A ball struck by a player hits that player or that player's partner.
A penalized hindrance [cf. Rule 3.15].[8]
Switching racquet hands during a rally.
Not using a racquet wrist-safety cord. Touching the ball with either the body or uniform.
Carrying or slinging the ball with the racquet.

Andy, looks like that missing wrist strap did serve a purpose. I'll consider it a "technical win".