I created this blog to help "lose my excuses." I'm a single mom, so more times than not it's just my son and I at home. If I'm already sitting down, there's no one to help motivate me to go complete my mile - this has been my biggest issue. I am in no way a self-motivator.
Today I spent almost ten hours in the car taking my son to camp. I was up before 4am. When I finally got home, I curled up with netflix and ice cream (I'm not denying myself bad foods - but I am cutting back and counting calories). When it came time to get ready for bed, I hadn't completed my "mile a day" goal. I started thinkjng of how I'd phrase it on my blog: "long day in the car - legs too cramped to walk today", " sad because my son's at camp - I'll walk two miles tomorrow to make up for it", "too tired from a 4am wake up - no mile today." They. All. Sound. Pathetic. I mean really a in home alone with no responsibilities no pressing issues and nothing that says I can't get my butt off the couch for twenty minutes.
When I started having to put my excuses into words for someone else, I just couldn't do it. So I got up and did my mile!
And it was the fastest mile to date! Woohoo! I was so pshyched! But I was also completely winded so keeping going was a definite no go. It felt great! And it feels even better to be able to come to my blog and share that I overcame my first excuse of the "New Me."
If I can do it, so can you!
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