Day 14: Exercise. The moral is you CAN make time for this

Today, we woke up in the wilderness.  Addie's parents went camping for an extended Memorial Day weekend, and we decided to join them for one over-nighter.

I haven't set up my own tent in about 5 years.  I've been camping - but usually my brother, or whomever, is already bringing a bigger tent, and I just haven't needed it.  I discovered the rain fly has gone missing.  Oops.  We borrowed a tarp from Addie's Dad, but the tent has large patches of see through screen.  The screens are great for warmer weather, but not so much, when you're trying to keep the rain off.  Oh well, no biggie right?  It's practically summer, and it was about 80 degrees during the day.  And then the rain clouds came in.  Dang it!  I ended up tying our waterproof parkas over the areas that the tarp didn't cover.  That was adventure, part 1.

The other thing was allergies hit Addie pretty badly.

So between the wind flapping the tarp on the tent all night, and the allergies, she got very poor sleep.

We left early, came home and napped.  Then off to a BBQ with some friends.  We had cheeseburgers and even cheesecake dessert, so you don't have to starve yourself.  But we didn't gorge ourselves either.  We used self-control, even though it would have been easy to go back for a second round of everything.  Addie will do a post soon on the fact that in our eating plan, we are not 'skimping' food and going hungry all day.

"You can make time for this. 

Even if it ain't perfect"

We did get the video in: 30 Day Shred with Jillian Michaels.  It is getting easier we noticed, and we aren't doing it every day (which I think the program is designed for).  We are rotating in our program, which already includes marathon training and core exercises.  But it is encouraging to see progress.

We didn't get any running in.  Hauling camp gear count?  A little.

The moral of the story is this: we are average, normal folks, who are trying to balance work, family, and life's other curve balls in our schedules.  These are the things that get people off course.  You  can make time for this.  We are even if it ain't always perfect.  We still got a half hour of exercise in on a day when most people throw caution to the wind at a big BBQ and eat until you have to un-buckle your belt.

We met a new couple at the BBQ: friends of our friends.  They have a 9 month old, and the mother has lost about 38 pounds since giving birth by watching what she eats and running.  While taking care of a baby and a 2 year old.  More proof that you can do it if you decide to do it.

Thanks for reading and take care of yourself!