I did it....

Well I woke up this morning at 5:30 am and got out of bed and actually exercised. I walked a mile in about 30 minutes. It is the Walk the Walk with Leslie Sansone. I love this workout and I figured if i am going to start somewhere it should be here. I love the fact that I can start out at one mile and then go to a two mile workout if I want to or have the time. I also have a few others (like 10 haha) that I have looked at over the past three years. I have a wide variety, from Sweatin' to the Oldies 1 & 2 to Carmen Electra's Aerobic Striptease to Masala Bhangra Bollywood verson. And I was fine until I crashed and fell asleep at about 9 this morning. Guess I need to get to bed earlier than 12 am if I am going to get up at 5:30 am. But I got right up - only hit snooze once so it wouldn't wake up my hubby. haha :)

I figure if I continue to get up in the morning and do the workout I will hit that 15 lbs lost mark in no time. I only have 2 more lbs to go. And it has only taken me half the year. :) I have actually been letting the kids outside more and going out with them. Where we live there are at least 5 registered sex offenders so my kids are never out of my sight. So if that meant we spent a lot of time indoors last year that is what we did. But now that they have made quite a few friends - I don't wnat themm all in my small house so we end up at the park a lot. Plus that cuts down on the arguments and on my stress.

Now that the weather is much nicer here (read upper 60s today and sunny) I think I am going to start walking up to the bus stop with the kids instead of driving them - save my gas and get exercise at the same time. I had walked it out atthe beginning of the year to walk to the bus stop it is 1/4 mile if I remember right. So I would end up walking about a mile in a day with the two trips a day. Then on Wednesdays it would be a mile and a half to get the kindergartners at noon. Which is good for another month and then school is out. Hrmmmmm - what to do then? Prolly switch back to using my stair stepper.

*Reply to comment. Christina - thank you! It is much easier to go by 15 lbs incriments I do have to agree. Which of course makes me happy because I only have 2 lbs to go like I saidbefore to hit my first 15 lbs lost mark. Hopefully it will be all downhill from there. :)

Well hope all of you are enjoying this lovely spring day. I think we might venture up to the park here in a little while to see if it is dried enough from all the rain for the kids to play there.