Okay, so this morning, I so did not want to walk. I did my trick of dressing for my morning walk and even that didn't work. So, I returned home after dropping off my daughter at school and decided to ride my exercise bike instead.
I almost got off the bike after 15 minutes, but managed to complete my thirty minutes in the most lackluster manner imaginable. And then I took a shower and climbed back into bed and slept another half an hour.
This afternoon, my 6-year old daughter asked if we could go for a walk, on the "long walk" as she calls it. I told her we could when I finished working, after we dropped her brother off at football practice. And that's exactly what we did.
We arrived at the trail at 5:45 p.m. The sun was already setting, but I thought we had plenty of light left. After the first flat mile, I told her we could just turn around if she didn't want to go up and down hills. "It's a long way," I told her. She was determined to finish the course.
And that's how we ended up walking up the switchback hills in almost complete darkness, her sweaty little hand clutching mine, pulling back in an expression of fear. I banished the thought of serial killers from my mind and told myself that the two skateboarding guys we'd seen pass us were completely harmless.
My poor baby girl was exhausted and her feet hurt by the time we climbed up the last hill. I, on the other hand, had hardly given a thought to my own lungs and hamstrings since I was half-worried about the dark and wondering why in the world I didn't know it would be so dark by 6:45 p.m.
I'm thrilled that I managed two exercise sessions today, but a trip to Trader Joe's ended with a container of cookies being transported into our house and . . . well, bad things happened.
But tomorrow is another day. And I'm thinking that November 1 would be a great day to start an exercise streak. Also? How can Christmas be just around the corner? And? How can it be 1 a.m. already!?
Great job on getting your exercise in. Your daughter sounds like a real trooper! Like you said, tomorrow, which is now today, is another day. Hope you have a great one!
Posted by: Natalia Burleson | October 30, 2008 at 03:44 AM
sounds to me like you really earned those cookies. Plus you know well, you can't deprive yourself. A little cookie can do a lot of good, especially becuase too much diet and exercize can slow your metabolism. (All stuff you know) Im just saying' think of that cookie as a reward to you and your metabolism.
Posted by: april | October 30, 2008 at 03:45 AM
I think those cookies came to my house next. I poured dish soap on them and threw them away. In the outside trashcan. But later I ate a couple of handfuls of white chocolate chips that I bought for cookies for church this Sunday. I have no willpower.
Mary in TN
Posted by: Mary with the un-updated blog | October 30, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Well, I am not doing any better here myself. I end most days thinking....so where did you blow the 500+ extra calories today (the ones that have me up a couple pounds rather then even staying where I was!)
I think my issue is that when I look at it that way, I relaize I not only need to cut those cheater 500...but need to drop 300-500 beyond that to start losing again:(
I have gotten back to my toning exercises this week, that always helps me "feel" thinner and elicts positive comments from hubby as he tells me he can see a difference after just 4 or 5 days of me doing them....
I am taking each day one at a time.
Sandy
Posted by: Sandy McCann | October 31, 2008 at 07:30 AM