new goal

So I was working out on the treadmill (50 minutes!) and I was thinking about what I could do to make sure I work out on the treadmill EVERY day. Well, my husband has to be to work by 7 am so he gets up a little before 6 am. So I thought, if I get on the treadmill at 6am I have at least one hour (if not more) to work out in peace before my beautiful angel wakes up. I could easily be done and showered by the time she wakes up. (nice!) The hard part for me will be to actually get out of bed.

So as I'm on the treadmill, I am listening to the Ipod (love listening to music on the treadmill), and a song comes on. I don't necessarily listen to the words of the songs, but a phrase from the chorus caught my attention. It said, "sometimes what's hard and what's right are the same". So that got me thinking that it will be HARD but I think that it is the RIGHT thing for me to do. I need to get up early and workout so that 1) I don't have time to talk myself out of it, and 2) so that I don't have to worry about my baby while I'm doing it because she will be peacefully sleeping. Another thing that I think it will help with is my eating. I think I will be more cautious of what I want to eat because I won't want to waste my hard work (treadmill) from earlier that day... rather than the mindset of "I need to get on the treadmill tonight because I've eaten like a giant pig today".

Anywho... tomorrow is Day 1 of that new goal and I'm looking forward to it. I need to remind myself often that it is okay if I wake up earlier to do this because I can always take a nap later in the day when my baby takes her nap... and it WILL pay off in the end. I know it!