Exercise and cleaning go hand in hand, I think. If I don't get up and do my morning exercises, I don't end up getting my cleaning done, either. This is probably why I don't do much when my mom or Tony is home. I just don't like doing my exercising in front of them. It's irritating to have someone sit and watch you do stuff like that. I don't know how people on those videos do it.
I never had the urge to get stuff done in my house until there was a real reason for having it clean (like if someone was coming over or something), but since I started the exercise stuff, I have really looked around and started to get things together.
So when I was thinking about the way that these two were connected, I thought, wow, that sounds like I was going through depression or something. I mean, exercise is supposed to give you the good hormones that help you out of that stuff, right? Still, I played with my kids and stuff, but I always wanted to be away from my house. Hmm. I don't know. I am probably over analyzing myself. Besides, it's over now, anyway. I'm out of that funk and am getting my house and health back in order.
So this morning, I got up and put my shoes on, though I really hurt (I have a horrible ear infection), and did my walking in the livingroom (I know it sounds weird, but it's a video, and it works better than walking at the mall), and then began my cleaning routine. It's just a little bit at a time so that I don't get out of the habit because it's too much, but it's better than before.
So, how long am I going to keep this up? It's my desire that it just becomes habit and that I don't get into the huge mess pattern again. If that works, I hope that my children will pick it up from me and that they won't have to learn these habits on their own like I did. Knowing how much my messy, sedentary lifestyle affected me, and I want better for them.
A fun verse:
"Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you." Jeremiah 26:13
2 comments:
Are you walking away the pounds with Leslie Sansone?? She's bright and sunny...but not quite as sugary as Denise Austin...I have her walking dvd too...
Yep, that's the one. My girls like her. They always try to walk with me. My living room isn't that big, though, so it can get difficult to not step on them sometimes...
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