Motivation, where are you???

Motivation must have been on vacation. I haven't seen him for about a week. He showed up this morning for a 2 hour walk. It was hard for me to be mad at him when he forced me to walk for 2 hours. I'm glad he's back. But where did he go? My guess is that without a motivating factor such as a race, he took a hike. He found someone else to bother.

See, I need a motivating factor. A health issue, a race, gaining 10 lbs. Without one of those, I don't want to exercise. With both my blood pressure and cholesterol levels within normal ranges, I haven't had the justification to exercise. Just as I'm explaining this to Motivation this morning, he puts his hand to my mouth and stops me from continuing. He asks me if it has ever occurred to me that the changes I've made in my diet and the increase in exercise have made my BP and cholesterol levels what they are today? Jeez! I don't know. Maybe. I just thought it was the medications.

Noooooooooo! He shouts. It's the whole combo. If I stop now, and take only the meds, the levels may not fall into normal range. OK. OK. I gotcha, Motivation. I'll just get my sneakers on and we'll get going. And that's exactly what we did.

He'll be returning tomorrow. He has threatened to go with me when I take Harper to school. His plan is to make sure I hit the pavement shortly after the drop-off.

Be careful what you wish for. :)

I did it!!

On Saturday, I ran 2 miles (without stopping) in a fun run/walk at my daughter's school. It was the perfect foray into competitive running because it was anything but!!! It was low-key and laid back. There weren't professional runners and trophies. It was all in fun! And the important thing is that I did it, and I proved to myself that I COULD do it!! :)

Gym shopping

I'm going to have to do it: breakdown and join a gym. I'm not a big fan. All the sweat, germs, odors, unsightly people in workout clothes just make me sick. But with the weather changing quickly, I have no way of working out without joining a gym, And I don't have the space in my house to buy equipment.

I have a couple of free 5 day passes to gyms. I think I'll start shopping around next week. I shudder the thought. I'm trying to remain positive, focusing on the classes I'll have at my disposal, all the equipment, and let's not forget the free child care.

Pushing 35 lbs.

Yesterday was the first time in weeks that I've walked while pushing Harper in the stroller. It was agonizing at times. I've become accustomed to hauling my own weight not hers. What was worse? We walked to the park about a mile from our house, which meant up and down hills. It was great exercise, no doubt about it. But just when I thought I was in pretty good shape, I was reminded that I'm just not there yet!