Well my first day of water aerobics came and I could not go because wouldn’t you know it I had 2 kids home from school sick. Seriously this was the first time I had committed to exercise and it happens to fall on the same day my kids are home sick for the first time this year. It did not go over well with my new weight loss buddy I think she thought I was just trying to get out of it. The reality is I am actually looking forward to it. I am actually trying to get our weight loss team a little bigger I am inviting other Mom’s to do something for ourselves.
We are going to water aerobics for sure on Monday. Unless someone else is home sick but hey I may just do the night class next week so I can still go. I was trying to do the morning class so I would have no excuse and I would do something for me without taking time away from my family. I know my husband would understand if I wanted to do the night classes but I really don’t want to.
As I have mentioned before this is a family venture we are all working on getting healthy. I am being very careful not to say that we are trying to lose weight we are just trying to get healthier. Part of the problem is that it is so darn hot in Texas most of the year that no one wants to be outside. Luckily the local recreation center has an indoor walking track that the whole family can use. I am actually going to start making a dollar per pound challenge as a reward for working out for my middle son especially. He told me he wants to lose weight and he is majorly money oriented.
One thing we have started is that they can only use the controllers for our Xbox on the weekend and only for an hour. They can do endless time using the kinex where they use their bodies as the controllers because they are working up a sweat using it but only after all school work is done. This is allowing them to get exercise in by having fun doing it.