I reached my monthly goal for exercise minutes for July - yay!  I had a slight sinking spell about mid-month and felt like there no point continuing to exercise, since my weight loss goals have been so difficult to acheive this summer.  But I got back on the bandwagon after a couple days of laying around crying and met my goal for the month anyway.

The thing is, I do really enjoy exercise.  I try to work out an hour a day, every day.  And I come pretty darn close to that.  I enjoy the exercise “high” midway through a tough workout, I enjoy feeling sore the next day because I’ve really pushed myself, I enjoy using my heart rate monitor keep myself motivated to stay in a training zone, I really enjoy lifting weights - there’s something very satisfying about doing lifts and such with bigger weights than any other woman in the gym!  lol  I enjoy almost everything about it.  Probably the only thing I don’t like is the extra laundry due to exercise clothes and the time it takes me to drive to/from the gym.  I know that my kids notice that I exercise every day, and I always talk to them about how I like to exercise because it makes my body strong and it makes me feel good.  I worry that my issues around weight are going to screw them up, of course, and so I try not to ever mention weight around them and certainly not in relation to them.  I think there are few things more damaging to kids than weight critiques from their parents - I will NEVER do that to my kids.  However, I also realize that its not a healthy thing for me to whine and cry about feeling fat when I’m wearing a size six instead of a size four, and I’m working on biting my tongue in situations like that.  But, at least I know that my kids are growing up with a healthy example of daily exercising - and not seeing it as a chore to be acomplished, but a fun part of the day.

And speaking of exercise, I got the cutest running skirts at Target!  They had them on sale and so I got two:

I just love them!  Very comfy and I feel cute in them, versus normal workout clothes that make me feel sloppy.

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