Commitment

I'm talking about it! I am in desperate need of making a commitment to exercise.

Last week, I took several of the girls' friends roller skating with some other parents. For the record, I do not roller skate. I roller blade. There is a HUGE difference between the two. When I put on roller skates, it just isn't pretty. My feet try to go in about eight different directions at the same time. There was never a point in my life when I could actually pull it off without two people holding my hands and helping me along. That was ok when I was 8 or younger, but it looks pretty ridiculous as an adult. These facts kept me away from roller skating rinks for several years, but then some wise soul invented roller blades! I love that person because I can roller blade like nobody's business! Okay, well, I can make it around the rink without falling... The point is that my body was sore after this event.


In retrospect, it may have been one of the first times I exerted physical energy since Anna Kate was born in May. Yes, I did have a couple of weeks after her birth when I walked the neighborhood, but there is a huge difference between that and skating.

I'm not really even sure how I got sucked in to this next one though...I have the kids to blame for the skating, but I completely blame my friend Jen for what I did Saturday morning - New Year's Eve! I ran but mostly walked a 5K! At the moment that I agreed to do it, I felt the beginning of committing to exercise again, but today as I type this post all I can feel is pain. My neck hurts, my shoulders hurt, my sides hurt, need I go on? There are very few muscles in my body that haven't been placed in a state of shock by my actions. Jen is usually responsible for it when I do something spontaneous like that, and guess what? I signed up for this race (and I use the term race here very lightly) because Jen and another friend of ours, Jennifer - yes there are two of them - were going and it sounded like fun for a minute.

The bottom line here is that I do need to make a commitment to exercise on a daily basis - or at least every other day - because I like food. I don't want to eat low carb because I like bread and muffins and chocolate chip pancakes. I don't want to eat low fat either! I just need to lose the 5-10 pounds that my eating habits and recent pregnancy (might as well blame it on the pregnancy) have caused.

So, here's my thought. I can blog about my exercise each week and it will give me some accountability. You are all going to be my accountability partners in this! I know it's exciting [insert sarcasm here].

I just ate a chocolate little debbie cake before posting this, so let's get started...