Excuses

I know I need more exercise to get closer to where I want to be, mentally and physically.  I don't like making excuses, but I can't see my way around these two.

Excuse number one:  A long commute and long days at work provide precious few hours with DS.  I refuse to lose anymore time with him than absolutely necessary - it's just not fair to either of us.

So I planned to steal just 20 minutes for myself each evening this week.  Cue excuse number two: my metal-plate-repaired-ankle flipped out after just two days of moderately increased activity.  As it has every other time I've attempted an exercise routine, making it all too easy to just give up.  I fully intend to try again when the pain lessens (our crazy weather patterns with weird barometric pressure changes are most likely to blame for this particularly sudden onset of pain,) but right now I'm stuck elevating and icing it in the evenings after just the bare minimum of movement during the day.  Which, of course, also keeps me from really playing with DS.

It's difficult to stay positive when I feel like the universe is doing it's best to prevent me from reaching my goals.

it is difficult to b positive anyway

it is difficult anyway to be positive. losing wt is hard period, i think u need to just do the exercise and be done with it and then fugget about it till the next day. I don't mind exercising and I have plenty of time to fit it in but my problem lies in the dietary area. I can do my hour of exercise a day but when it comes to food and drinks, I can't say no. And this is my main reason for not losing. It is really hard to combine the two, healthy eating and exercise without cheating sometimes. I cheat way too many times so as of lately, I am trying to just manipulate my diet and just not require myself as much exercise.

sorry C.

I'm sorry your ankle is acting up. They also say, if you're in pain, don't feel bad about putting off a workout until you feel better. The more you push through the pain when it's from an injury, the more likely you are to injure yourself more.

And don't work, C will understand when you go work out for 20 min at night.