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Deliberate Choice #8:  Move my Body.   How’d I do?  Well…

I would love to be a runner.  I think runners are amazing.  I’ve tried Couch to 5K several times and I’ve ended up with pneumonia 3-4 weeks into it each time.  Ugh.  I don’t enjoy fast walks.  I never have.  But, with a family history of diabetes, high cholesterol,  high blood pressure, and my own broken thyroid, I know that I have to exercise.  I just can’t don’t want to.

All day yesterday (Day 8), I stressed over when I’d get outside to walk.  BUT…first the carpet installers were here and then it was carpool and then I needed to finish my Bible Study while child 2 was a swim and then it was piano lessons and then…

I think you get the point.  I’m not good at exercise but I’m really good at making excuses.  I’d decided to ask Adam if I could go for a 15 minute walk once the kids were in bed.  I don’t like walking at night, but I’d committed to moving my body at some point during the day.  Enter this conversation:

A:  Momma, I told Daddy I’d get up at 5 and go running with him.

Me:  Seriously?  You don’t even like to get up at 6:30??

A:  Well, if it helps Daddy exercise.

This conversation came up again at dinner.  It was decided that all 4 of us would get up at 5am and head outside.  And we did!  The kids bounced out of bed ready to move, so off we went.  Now it’s 6:45 and both are ready for school!

I won’t kid you.  It would be really, really, really, really easy to leave this deliberate choice off my daily list!  However, with the kids motivating us (and my inhaler handy), I might just be able to move my body more often!