Nuturing Update

It's getting harder!

I think our whole household is PMSing.

However, I am keeping my goal in mind about nuturing our children more.

But, today I am working on nuturing myself.

Something I hadn't thought about before.

I woke up in a funk....bad mood.....luckily, Mike is on a golf trip with his buddies to St. George. He won't have to deal with me.

The kids are not lucky to be stuck with me and so I am trying extra hard to be kind.

So far, so good.

Earlier, as I was drying Amanda's hair and she was missing the bus, I was thinking to myself, I missed my 5:30am weight class...what am I going to do for me today? As I was driving Amanda to school (she was mad because I made her miss the bus by doing her hair and finishing her jobs), I was vacillating between doing no exercise, doing weights on my own, going for a walk later tonight (putting it off), doing a exercise dvd or getting on my treadmill, I was about to give up. Doing nothing was sounding so good!

This whole week in my constant battle with my weight, I have been working out really hard. Running, stair machine, weight class, spin class....it's what has gotten me through this week!

Thank goodness

I talked myself into getting on the treadmill! (This is not me, don't be confused-ha, ha:)

I think it may have saved my day! I struggled so hard getting through the first 2 miles, but once I found a groove, I went 5!

A new personal record!

Running and spinning

have become more of a mental savior for me

I have had a lot of stress in the past year

Really, who hasn't

But finally I am doing better at making sure I am

Happy

and mentally sound

I decided to blog about this today to remind me....on those days like today....what I can do to nuture myself. Everyone wins in the end when Mommy does this first. I do have a goal to get outside and run. I know it's harder than my treadmill.

But, we'll just take one goal at a time!