Get Moving

I swear I will get to part two after this week is over. There are many things going on this week, and this blog is about the biggest change happening right now.

Through my journey the one thing that remains constant is that I am responsible for teaching my children right from wrong. What has changed is the way in which I do that. This week I’ve decided to add healthy living and exercise to the teaching.

We each created our own motivational page. We described our reasons for wanting to be fit and healthy, set attainable and realistic goals, decided how we were going to track our progress and why tracking is important, we created a web of social support in each other and online, we wrote a few sentences on embracing the imperfection of the journey to remind ourselves to get back up if we fall, and printed out a couple pages of motivational quotes and reminders should we forget. Part of our tracking led us to create a free sparkpeople.com page. There is a ton of information and support there. It's not all or nothing. You don't even have to go fast, you just have to go.

I created a before and after page of stretches. We are going to take it one month at a time. The next 30 days we’re going to be taking on two challenges. The 30 day crunch challenge, as well as the 30 day squat challenge. The great part about it is that you don’t have to do them all in one sitting. Do half in the morning and half at night, or break them up into three or four sessions. As long as you do the right number for that day you don’t have to do them all at once. This makes them more doable. Not having to think past one month is also helpful. We don’t feel obligated or overwhelmed.

At the end of our 30 days we will weight ourselves, see how far we have made it toward our goals, and create a new motivation page with new or adjusted goals. Wish us luck!