Success!!

No, not the kind you're thinking of or the kind I'd prefer.  This success did not come on the scale or the measuring tape, it came in the form of......taking a walk all by myself!!!

I appreciate the dog's need for exercise, and I appreciate my children's need for me to show them that exercise is important for their lives and their health.  BUT...

I really rather prefer to exercise on my own.  If they are talking to me or tagging along on my walks it slows me down and takes my attention away and I really don't get as much out of the workout as I need to.  And that's one of the biggest problems contributing to my weight, right?  Putting other's before myself all the time.  But how do you tell them "no, you can't come and get some exercise yourself"?  Ok, kids, I want you to practice what I preach, but just not at the same time as me?  It just feesl fundamentally wrong as a mother to discourage your children from doing something good for them, so I grudgingly let them come along. 

Last week I always had 1 or 2...or 3 or 4...small life forms along with me.  So this morning, even though it was earlier than I would have liked to get up, and even though my throat is sore and my lungs are hurting from a deep cough I've had now and then, I almost jumped out of bed and hurried to get out the door before one of them woke up.  I even made it back home before any of them began to stir!!

If I can't have the big things, at least I can enjoy the little things in life!!