Exercise

When I started this journey I was going out every morning and doing some form of exercise: walking or riding my bike.  But lately I have REALLY slacked on my exercise! When I went to Salt Lake a couple weeks ago for a doTERRA convention, I walked ALL OVER downtown. I walked to eat, shop, sleep, pee. I swear I walked about 10+ miles in the course of 5 days. When I came home, I had a wedding cake to do so, I was home bound for a week doing that and catching up on sleep. Although I did in fact lose weight this last week, it was another one of "those" weeks where I wasn't "feeling good" and we ate out at least 3 times. Don't get me wrong, I am THRILLED with the fact that I DID lose weight, especially since we did eat out so much.  I just know that I could have done better. And knowing that leads me to start analyzing what I could have done better, besides not eating out. ;)

It has been a long time since I went for a morning walk. Today, I woke up refreshed and ready and went for a walk. And it felt good! I took the dog and, therefore, had to cut the walk short because she started to limp on her surgery leg, but we did manage to go about a mile. I know that exercise is SUPER important. I know that it is something I need to do.  It has always been that one habit that I can't seem to stick with!

Now that the weather is changing, I am left with debilitating thoughts.  Debilitating in the way that my thoughts speak louder than they should and typically, in the past, have won! "It's too cold outside to go for a walk." "It's still too dark." "I would rather stay in my bed all warm and snug."  The thing that I need to remember is perfectly stated in this quote:

How true this is.  There will always be an opportunity for me to exercise, just like there will ALWAYS be an excuse to not. I just need to get my lazy butt out of bed and get it done. Maybe this should be my new mantra for the mornings?

I need to start being that example to my kids again. Now that the craziness is done, with convention and wedding cakes, and birthdays, I can start getting myself back on track making the healthy decisions that I pray I make everyday. And exercising is one of those healthy decisions I need to make, along with continuing to eat healthy and natural.