I am thrilled to be one of the blog ambassadors for this year’s Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run For The Cure. My daughter and I will be running the 1K in Toronto on October 5. You can donate to support our team here.
All right! The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation CIBC Run For the Cure is less than three weeks away. This is crunch time. This is when I tell you how all my training, exercise and general fitnessing is paying off. I should be bragging that I’m in peak physical condition and ready to run 5Ks in my sleep!
So. Um.
Er.
You see, the thing is that I had actually for real been doing a fantastic job on the fitness front all last winter. It’s mind-blowing, really, how good I was. Twice a week through the winter, I ran on a treadmill, and then outside on city streets as soon as early spring hit. Plus (!) I was doing other strength and cardio workouts at home on top of that at least a couple times a week.
That I only managed to drop a couple pounds last winter is a great testament to just how much I love food.
But, regardless of weight loss, I felt great. I was regularly and (eventually) painlessly incorporating real heart-pounding, boob sweat-inducing exercise into my daily life. I felt strong and healthy and good.
When we are little it is all about funky fun fitness. Most tots exercise daily for at least of 30 minutes worth of cardiovascular activity in funky contraptions like exersaucers or jolly jumpers, never batting an eye or never feeling too tired or disinterested. They accept their fitness fate and resign themselves to having a BALL while they exercise. Somehow we lost this commitment to and this love for funky fun fitness. We as MOMS need to get it back and get it back fast. We care too much about what others think. We certainly don’t jump or run just for the love of fitness. I believe we need to bring back the PLAY in our fitness regime.