Richard started his new job on Monday and I've been adjusting to life as a full time stay at home mother again. So far so good. I'm enjoying the one on one time that I get with Adrian now even more than I did before. The only downside is that I had forgotten how exhausting it is. Trying to keep things upbeat, keep everybody satisfied and being efficient/productive is hard work when you do it alone from 7-6pm.
Its 10.30am now and for the past two days I was exhausted by this time. I just sat around surfing the net aimlessly. Today is different. Instead of taking the extra 30 minutes of sleep that Richard gives me each day, I dragged myself to the gym by 6pm, stumbled into a class that was way too high impact for an out-of-shape person like me and now I am feeling GOOD!
I think we all know in our minds that the more active we are, the more energy we have. I had forgotten that it really is true. Plus, I feel a lot happier too from having already accomplished something for the day. I hadn't been to the gym in a couple of weeks and "fat", "waste of money" and "diet" were words that were coming out of me - and I felt grouchy.
Its definitely a love hate relationship between me and exercise. I was an every day exerciser up until moving back to Brisbane but I definitely was a chore on many days. I think the easiest way exercise is to make it a habit, something that I'd better get back into now. Supposedly, it takes 21 days to form a habit so make sure I do a post on August 10 about it.
To keep with my good humour for today, here are some one liners on exercise - not exactly motivational but fun anyway.
1. Being part of the human race does not count as exercise.
2. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he would have put them on my knees.
3. I'm on a strict running program. I started yesterday. I've only missed one day so far.
4. I get a lot of mental exercise by thinking up weird ways to avoid physical exercise.
5. I've just spent an hour in a stationary car and am working my way up to a stationary bike.
3 comments:
"being efficient/productive"
Let's don't get to carried away now. Start slow, then take a nap.
You would love our very expensive elliptical machine. It has large handlebars with multiple gripping points that are very handy for hanging up shirts when you're done ironing them.
If I'm in the human race, I missed the starting signal!
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