Today's post is about something dear to my heart, children. Having a child is a funny experience. You go through your teenage life getting told about the dangers of sex before marriage, the huge responsibility that children represent and that if you make the mistake of having a child in your teens that it will negatively affect the rest of your life.
You get older, meet someone, probably get married and WHAM, it's suddenly your job to procreate! The faster that you can pop out the little ones for grandma and grandpa the better! I personally always thought that that shift in viewpoint after marriage was a little weird. I know a lot of good people who survived having children in their teens and without a wedding ring.
But that's not what I want to talk to you about. What I want to talk about is making healthy choices for your children. I'm not rolling in money. If you want to be wealthy, do not pursue a career in law enforcement! I work for a living and have the same responsibilities as everybody else. There's only so much time in a day to get everything done that I need to. Sometimes that means prioritizing!
Today was a typical crazy day for me. Started with the iphone alarm blaring at 5:25 AM in the morning. I almost threw it across the dang room. I have a 12 year old beagle who thinks that he's the head of the house and should be allowed to lay on anyone's bed or either couch. I'd be fine with that. But the old man's bladder isn't what it used to be. Our carpet is less that a year old. So, sorry old man, but you're getting gated in the kitchen to sleep in your dog bed. The beagle howl sounded so cute 12 years ago. Not anymore. Beagle howls aren't very conducive to getting sleep.
Work was good but what a long day. I think I single handedly keep Starbucks in business! At the end of my shift I had a nice sensation of feeling exhausted and amped from the coffee at the same time. Strange how those two sensations can be felt at the same time.
Raced to the gym to get my workout done as fast as I could. It's a vacation week from school for my son and grandma has been gracious enough to pull extra hours with him. So I needed to get it done and fast. I somehow had an amazing six mile speed workout. Rushed to my mom's, snagged the little man and proceeded to fly home to get dinner on the table. My night to cook!
Walked in the door and sighed. So much to do. So little time to do it. Had about a half hour before I really needed to get things going for dinner. Choices. Shower? Start prepping for dinner? Knock out my AB workout? Do some yoga to stretch?
Looked at the little man. Why not kill two birds with one stone? I opted for listening to him tell me about his day while I did my AB workout and some yoga in the living room. It was great! He even got down on the carpet with me and did some exercises of his own. How many seven year olds do you know who can do yoga? So cool that he does. Finished up and made an amazing dinner.
What you make important in your life becomes important to your children. Make time to model good healthy behavior. I could've hopped in the shower, grabbed a beer and waited for my wife to get home only to go out to dinner to get fast food. But what message does that send? Not a very good one I think. Think creatively and make fitness fun for you and your family. It's easier than you think!
As always, thank you for reading my friends and run for your life...
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