I Think I've Found It

My regimen, that is.  I have been very committed to my eating plan but have also been having a hard time finding the perfect time to hit the pavement (or treadmill).  It's too cold for the kids and too snowy for the jogger and the air is too dirty right now to run outside.  We have a horrible inversion and it just hurts my lungs to even look at it.  That leaves 2 times to go running:  at night when my husband is home from school and the kids are in bed (cons: running after eating dinner, I'm tired and want to veg.), or early morning before Jon leaves for school (cons: duh, it's early). 

Last night I set my phone to wake me up at 6:15am.  I knew it would be hard to get up and I knew I wasn't going to bed early enough but I did it anyway.  I woke up at 6:00am and looked at the clock hoping it would say 2:30am so I could roll over and go back to sleep but instead I knew I'd have to get up in 15 minutes.  I laid their and tried to semi-wake myself so it would be less painful when the alarm did go off.  When it did, I didn't hesitate.  I pulled myself out of bed and got ready for the gym.  My car was cold and unpleasant but I made it to the gym and managed to find an empty treadmill among all of the "resolutioners".  "It's OK," I told myself, "they'll all be gone in a week or two."

After six miles, I felt good and couldn't have been happier about the way my day had started.  Right now it's 10:15am and I've already gotten the kids dressed, fed, one down to nap, laundry folded and more in the washer/dryer.  Now I'm looking for a good dinner recipe for tonight.