No More Excuses!

I am the happiest girl today! This weekend, I got an early Mother's Day present from Kate (and Mike), one I've been wanting for a LONG time! It's high time that I do something to get myself into shape, and even though I love running outside, it's just too bleeping hot here in the summer to do much running outdoors, even in the early a.m. I've been out of practice for a while now anyway, and I've discovered the joy of sleeping in 'till 5:30 or 6:00 when Mike gets up. So I've been faced with a dilemma for some time now: A gym membership? A personal trainer? Aerobics classes at UNLV? An elliptical or treadmill for at-home use? Knowing myself as well as I do, I quickly realized that unless the gym was located in my backyard, I'd rarely go, as it's tough enough for me to be separated from Kate as much as I am during the day, and the last thing I want to do after work is take her to yet another babysitter while I hit the gym! So that decision shot down the personal trainer option as well (not to mention $$ being a bit of a factor). So after much debate, I decided it best to bring the gym to me! :)

Okay, I know the stereotype of home gym equipment: the thing gets used for a few times, then ends up serving as a clothes hanger or dust collector. I vowed to Mike that I'd shoot that stereotype down! :) I don't want to be one of "those people" who get all gung-ho about a piece of exercise equipment, only to use it as storage later on down the road. I think I'm setting up a pretty good system. We bought the thing on Friday night. On Saturday we spent the entire day moving bookshelves out of our office and with the help of our neighbor, Ben, assembling the elliptical machine in the office. There's plenty of room in the office for Mike's desk, and a necessity for me when I'm working out... a TV! So I can spend half an hour or more a night working out while Mike does his homework after we put Kate to bed, and we can spend time together. I'm such a homebody anyway, I'd rather work out at home right now. Mike and I barely have time to see each other, so this should work out well. Famous last words, right? :) No, I'm SERIOUS! I may need some coaxing along the way, but this is seriously all about moving more and losing some weight before we try for baby #2. I don't want to be this heavy and trying to get pregnant. Not a good thing. That's a good incentive right? Also, I just want to feel better about myself. It seems like all my friends are skinny and looking great. I have not done myself any favors this year-- I've been pretty lazy. Time to change it up!