Today’s actions are laying the foundation for tomorrow.

This is really huge for me.  The things I’m doing today will have an effect on who I am, where I am and what I am tomorrow.

If I skip my morning and evening walk and then empty the Christmas Cookie jar during those times, my body will bear the effects of those actions.  Unfortunately, the fat doesn’t just appear over a 15 minute period…. which would be nice.  I need a strong cause/effect relationship for maximum impact.

Yeah, I need maximum impact.  See, I was walking the dogs every morning a year ago.  Then, I tripped over a clothes basket in the middle of the night and seriously sprained my ankle.  The walking stopped and surprise, surprise… my clothes started getting tight.  Oh, it was a gradual thing so it really crept up on me.  Six months later, I wasn’t walking and was getting fatter by the day.

Then, I started walking my dogs again.  Every morning for a mile. It’s not hard, I don’t sweat and it doesn’t seem to count as exercise…. but after six months, my clothes are getting looser and I feel better.

I don’t usually  have that kind of stamina.  I’ve stopped walking programs before with ease.  But this time, I took my dog and now he is positively ADDICTED to walking.  He will bark incessantly until I put his leash on and take him for a walk.

Yeah, that’s the kind of motivation I need!  Incessant and relentless.  Sigh