Getting Life on Track

Since my husband left on a trip this week, I decided that this would be a good time to start to a new diet and exercise regime.  Why not.

The things that I have going for me:

• Complete control of the cooking and food shopping. 
• Fewer demands of my time to keep me from exercising
• Full command of the DVD player for exercise videos
• No one except the cat to see that I look ridiculous while doing sit-ups
• After two runs to Trader Joe's, a fully stocked kitchen of whole grains, fruits, vegetables, low calorie frozen entrees and premium organic snacks.  Good tea and good coffee so I won't be drinking my calories.
• Close proximity to trails for running and biking, a weight set in the basement, exercise videos and on-demand workouts, and the Wii EA Sports Active, so the cat can mock me.

Things I don't have going for me:

• I'm lazy.
• I get bored easily
• Chocolate is yummy.
• I'm missing my partner - the one who senses when I'm stressed out and in over my head and swoops in to rescue me from myself, or doing the dishes, bringing me a cup of coffee to help me walk up, or just give me a hug while I'm preparing some type of bland fish and veggie dinner. 

That last one is going to be a hard one to get over.