The Early Bird

This last week has been a bit of a challenge. I've had a lovely head cold (still not quite gone) and I also lost my Great Aunt. She was never married or had children of her own so we were her grandchildren and she was just like a grandmother to me. She was 89 years old and lived a very beautiful life. She is sorely missed but not mourned for. I know she is very happy where she is.

With all of that going on it was a bit of a challenge to maintain healthy choices, though I did manage to do fairly well, all things considered.

One of the things that was hardest was getting my daily exercise in. It's cold here in Salt Lake so I've been playing the Wii Fit but mornings were hard. You know how they go when you have a head cold. It took a while to get moving each day. The problem was that if I waited until later everything got so busy that I just wouldn't do it. I still managed to exercise five days out of the week but it was a struggle and when I finally did get around to it, I didn't really give it my all.

This morning I got up and did my exercise first thing. Wow! What a difference! I feel so energized and mentally awake. I'm sure the continued healing time has helped but there really is a difference when you start out your day with exercise.

What do you do for exercise when it's cold outside? How do you get your heart pumping and your energy up? I'd love to hear your suggestions.

-Emily