Cindy

I have no rhyme or reason for this blog. I’ve been sitting here reading blogs and just felt like typing for a while. I miss my buddy. She’s usually on at this time and we chat but alas, she is enjoying life. I should be doing something productive right now as the house is quiet with everyone asleep. Instead, I’m sitting here staring at this screen wondering what I could do to fill it up.

Tomorrow starts a new week. Time to renew my pledge to myself. I fully intend to get my cardio in this week if I have to strap my kids to my back and do it that way. I get my strength training in with no problem. My kids watch TV or play while I do that. But, this has been a horrible week for trying to get in my cardio. Hubby has been working later than usual and then we’ve been house hunting in the evenings. I’m hoping that’s over now though. We made an offer on a house and are waiting for a response.

Back to my excuses. House hunting, TOM, no hubby to watch the kids, quick overnight trip out of town, funerals. Good grief. Enough already. I’m sitting here with total silence in the house. What’s stopping me from heading down to the basement to hop on the Gazelle? The last remains of TOM I suppose. Yeah yeah yeah. I know. Lame excuse. So, what’s the real reason? I’m lazy that’s what. There is absolutely NO REASON for me not getting off my rear and getting on the Gazelle. I could go downstairs and hop on it for an hour and burn over 500 calories.

The voice in my head is saying:

So, GET UP AND DO IT ALREADY!!! Good grief! Nobody wants to hear your whining and bogus excuses. Aside from injury, which you don’t have by the way, or a family emergency, which again, you don’t have, there is no excuse for not doing something to right now to improve your health. You’ve been complaining for the past week that you feel awful because you haven’t been able to get your cardio workout in every day. Quit complaining and do something about it! Those pounds aren’t just going to drop off all by themselves! You have to work it to lose it and you DO want to lose it don’t you? Didn’t you just recently tell someone how great you’ve been feeling, how much more energy you have since working out regularly?? Well, you’re feeling down right now. What’s the best way to get that natural high you were on for so long? CARDIO!!! Do I have to draw you a picture?? MOVE!!! NOW!!!!

I’m not really sure who that voice belongs to. I think it’s a mixture of people. But I will say that I also heard some growling and hissing in the background. I suppose if I’m going to call myself a leader that I’d better be setting a good example. Okay, I’m off to listen to this annoying voice kick me in the rear. I’ve gotta iron some clothes for hubby and then I’m headed to the dungeon. I mean the basement to exercise. I’ll jump back on with a very short blog to let you know if I make it down there or not. A little accountability to give me an extra push.

Okay, on a totally different subject. Do any of your kids have those disgusting rubber animals (snakes, alligators, lizards, etc)? Well, my kids have about 5 or 6 of them. I make my daughter clean up her toys before she goes to bed each night (not to mention before we leave the house and before we sit down for dinner). So, I just KNOW that they’re all put away nice and neat like they are supposed to be right?! I mean she’s 3 years old, she wouldn’t possibly forget one. Well, I just glanced to the other side of the room ’cause I heard a noise and there sits a huge lizard. I ’bout dropped my keyboard! I HATE those stupid toys!! They look so freakin’ real!

Okay, I’m off. I’ll let ya know how I do.