Diane, over at Fit to the Finish, had a phenomenal blog post today that tied right into where I am with my fitness, I urge you to go check it out and be inspired both by her, and her commenters.

Tying into the comment I left there, here's my report of how my walking went yesterday afternoon:

I admit, my fitness goals are modest at best! My current lame, but achieved, goal was to not let my inability to keep using the exercise bike during pregnancy be an excuse to not move at all and sink into laziness. Especially after a two week disruption of routine, it would have been SO easy to just laze around and not get moving.

But I said I wanted to walk most days of the week and I meant it! I found some shoes, made some time, crossed my fingers that I wouldn't wake the kids and walked three miles at home. Given how prone to laziness and procrastination I am, this was a true victory. It isn't a 5k, it's not even leaving my home... But it is me, showing my commitment to myself and my will to continue to persevere.

It doesn't matter how many times I fall off the wagon, or how many excuses I give myself. It doesn't even matter how often I fail at the goals I set for myself. Every day is a new opportunity to try and do better, and I won't give up. This is a lifelong process and I am only 18 months into it, and more committed than ever. I AM succeeding, the weight is staying off, even without the gratification of seeing the scale drop or seeing sizes get smaller, I know in my heart I am staying the path through a difficult set of circumstances and I am PROUD of myself.

So I will walk again, and again, and again, because that is the promise I make myself. I won't fulfil it everyday, things will come up and I WILL fall into old habits now and again, but I will keep coming back every morning and renewing that promise to myself. I will keep trying again. I have been blessed with a spirit of joy and perseverence and through a lot of prayer and fastidious committment I will keep on the path set before me in this and other areas of my life.

I know what I need to do, it is just a matter of a willingness to do it. And so for that, I'll keep walking.

Here's to another 3 miles today!