Hey, did you know it's fall?

So I failed to mention on my last post, about how yoga was my answer, that I've been doing yoga for 4 days straight. Yeah, I know... that's me on an exercise roll right there. So I can't just do yoga and get healthy, but it's a good start. Sometimes, (like today) I have other things that need to be done too. Laundry (blah), dishes (yuck), leaves... holy crap my yard is covered.

This is what my yard looks like today...

(I totally snaked this pic from the net, but it really is what my yard looks like.)

So I broke out the leaf blower and got busy moving them all (mostly) to the road. Now, I have to say that it's almost silly to be doing this smack in the middle of fall, but if I don't I'll be swimming in leaves by the time they all fall. So now my arms are kind of like jelly and I'm tired. Oh, and I didn't even get them all to the road. Stupid rain. hehe

yoga is my answer

Yoga is my answer to how I'm going to get my motivation back. It does a lot of things for me.

1. it makes me feel muscles I forgot I had.
2. it helps with my posture (which normally isn't so good).
3. it lowers my stress levels noticeably.
4. it reduces the amount of aches and pains my body seems to have acquired over the years. I don't crack and pop as much, and my back muscles don't ache so much either.
5. could it possibly be helping with my breathing issues? That's one I'll have to watch over the long term.
6. oh, lets not forget that it is also a peaceful time all to myself. :o)

So anyway, it feels good and it's a good way to ease myself back into enjoying exercise.

Yep, it's me again

So why is it so hard to just stick to what you want to do and ignore the lack of motivation all around you? I don't have an answer for this... obviously, or I would have posted long before now. I'm not good at keeping up with myself when I have to keep up with the rest of my family's lives. I'm going to try harder, because I am more important than that. I do love myself and do deserve the same attention I give to the rest of my family. They clearly can't function without me, so I better start doing better at taking care of me.

I'm getting back into doing yoga everyday. It's helps a lot with goofy little aches and pains, it tightens up my muscles, it reminds me of what good posture feels like, it even brightens my mood.

I'm making no promises to anyone, not even to myself. I'm just going to do things, share them with you, and use this blog to track myself and remind myself when it's been too long.