Post gym... Day 2

Its been a while since I've been consistently going to the gym since my accident on February 9th.

But I started off the week at the gym and even went again - alone - last night.
It has been feeling great going to the gym again... I surely missed it.

I missed the pulling and the pushing of my muscles against the machine... And I missed the feel of the weights under my fingers.

I was so happy that I was able to lift weights on Monday night with the hubby. He clued me in on some new ways of lifting the free weights... And the muscles that those particular exercises would be working. It was a great feeling. And I hope that we have that time together at the gym tonight... I absolutely missed him but it was nice to have that alone time, while the Miracle Princess was in daycare with other kids.

There are some women that will say that I am being selfish... knowing that my daughter is away from me all day long while I am working, then I put her in a daycare while I work out.
Where is the time that I spend with her? I can tell you where it's at... it's at home when she is on her tablet, learning and asking asking me questions about something. Or when she colors something and she shows me.
Or when we are laying on the couch watching something, and she wants to snuggle with me.

Or when we are in the car, early in the morning and she's talking to me.

Or last night, when she was excited to be going to the gym and tells me that I can keep her forever... that I can feed her, take her to the movies, take her to the gym, give her snacks, cuddle with her, snuggle with her... my daughter knows the time that I spend with her.

So no... I don't feel bad about taking time for myself, because I am doing this for her. I am doing this for my husband. I am doing this for myself. 

I am becoming a better for my daughter... so that she has someone to look up to. To know that your body doesn't define you. You become a stronger person at the gym... so that those that inspired you, know that they made a difference. And so you inspire others to make a difference in their lives.

I am a no excuse mom... and I will build up a no excuse daughter... and I have a no excuse husband/father. 

We are a no excuse family!

Not sure if you noticed... but I changed the title of my blog.

When I first started up this blog, I was fooling myself that I was "Starting Over"... but you can only start over (for real) so many times.

There comes a time when you just have to take the bull by the horns and face your enemy... yourself!

I am tired of saying that I want to "start over"... I just want to have the motivation (that I have in my heart) to come out all the time.

So far I've gone to the gym twice this week... even though I was in massive pain from my ankle sprain yesterday, I still made it. It took a lot of dedication from my end to go... I could have just sat on the couch and complained to my daughter about the pain that I had, but as soon as I got home with her, I got ready - while the dog was stretching her legs outside - and finished up while she ate and went back outside to do her business.

As long as I am out of the house, as soon as I get home, I am good.... I just don't want to be waiting around because then my motivation to get out of the house diminishes.

So that's why I changed my blog title... cause it's finally my time to do this and do this right.

I became a No Excuse Mom leader for a reason... to give the inspiration that I had been given to others. To inspire someone to take control of their life and become a better & healthier person.

So... if I want to inspire others and I keep getting inspired by others, why can't I keep that momentum going for myself?