My Family Will Thank Me One Day

Let me preface this post with a story behind why I have been really working hard to lose weight:

While watching the Biggest Loser with Emma she told me, "Mommy I bet you would really like to go on that show, wouldn't you?!!!! I asked her why she thought that. Her explanation: Well, you are a little skinny and a little fat and I bet you would like to go on there to get ALL THE WAY SKINNY so you can fit into that dress you wore in Auntie's wedding!"

You see, a few weeks ago Emma was playing in my closet and found the sleeveless top that I wore in Catherine and Rodney's wedding and she wanted me to wear it out in public! Well, number one it is way to fancy to wear to Chick-fil-a and second I probably wouldn't be able to zip it up! At the time that Catherine got married I was really working out a lot and probably in the best shape of my life. Needless to say, that top would not be very flattering 20+ pounds later. So, I told Emma that it wouldn't fit but that one day soon it would and I would wear it for her. While I am working out for myself because I want to feel good again and be proud of myself, I do want the girls to be proud of me too. They know I can't stand being overweight and the medication I took that made me gain 15+ pounds has really frustrated me this year. So, I am committed to exercising every day when they are at school and I'm really watching my calories. This all leads into my post this morning:

I have decided to give up my early morning exercise routine for two reasons:
Mainly, because the elliptical seems to keep waking one or more of my children up before 6:00 AM and I am unwilling to spend my morning exercise time with an audience. The girls are early risers but they have been told to stay in bed until at least 6 if they wake up any earlier. But, when they hear the elliptical going in the morning they assume it is okay to get up if I am already up. So, they mosey down the hall and join me. They need to sleep in as much as possible so they aren't irritable at night (which Emma has been the past two nights due to getting up at 5:40 the past two days!) So, for the benefit of them I am postponing my workout. And, simply because I like my early morning time to wake up and get going without the kids. I need some alone time and I am much happier in the mornings if I've had some "me" time.

Reason number two: It is much more fun if I workout when no one is home but me and Carter. I workout during his nap and since he is a sound sleeper, I can rock out on the ipod and he can't hear me. My girls will thank me one day when they read that I spared them the unsightly vision of me sweating it out to Hannah Montana on the ipod. You see, since I have been trying to save money I haven't updated my ipod playlists in a very long time and somehow Hannah's Hannah Montana cd ended up on my playlist. Since I am VERY tired of my old music, I decided to listen to her cd this week and I must say it is a nice change. The upbeat tunes help keep me going and today I even went 5 minutes longer because the time had gone by much faster because the music kept me going. While I wouldn't ordinarily be a Hannah Montana fan, I am thankful for the change on my ipod and for this week at least I am rocking like a ROCKSTAR as I burn up the elliptical!