Exercise and food....what a choice!

What a word...exercise....whoever came up with it must like torture. Actually I try and exercise about 4 times a week. Since November 1st of last year, when I started weight watchers, I have lost 25 pounds. Its not easy in a house where your husband likes to cook delicious and fattening meals. I wasn't complaining when I was pregnant and even for the first 8 months after my son was born. When I got tired of looking in the mirror and not seeing the body I had worked so hard to transform into back when I was 23, 24, and 25..I got started. Each day when I wake up I have to make choices.
Its such a mental game for me. There are days when I want to be lazy and not do it. It would be so easy for me to just forget the program I am on and eat what I want while laying on the couch. I often wonder what drives me. I wasn't raised like this and no one else in my family exercises like I do. I guess its when I fit into those jeans I wore 2 years before I was pregnant and when my closet looks full again because of all the clothes I can fit into. But I still don't know exactly what drives me. Believe me I am a fat girl at heart. If I could sit around and have biscuits and gravy with bacon for breakfast, a pastrami or french dip sandwich for lunch, and chicken fried steak for dinner I certainly would.
I pray and hope that my healthy habits are passed on to my son and other children we may be blessed with. I pray every day for the will power to make the right choice, say no to stuff my body doesn't need and strive for the goodness that makes me feel good.
I worked out this morning before starting work. It was a 26 minute yoga routine from the Wii Biggest Loser program. I started it after my weekly weigh in where I found out another 2 pounds is gone. I'm not sure of my drive but I love knowing I am making progress.
So tomorrow is another day I will be praying and choosing to live this way, to feel this way, to love this way. It certainly is a struggle each minute sometimes. To anyone that doesn't struggle with it..watch out because you should be shot..just kidding:) But please, keep it to yourself..for the normal people in the world, we struggle with it every day. So cheers to that lovely carrot and challenging exercise routine just waiting to be tackled!