All the obstacles: summer time, new puppy, etc.

I am having one hell of a time trying to fit in some exercise. When we got the puppy, I was hoping that one day he'd be a great running buddy. Unfortunately, one day is far away at this point. He's doing pretty good on his leash and his walks around the neighborhood, but he's way too untrained and distracted to for me to expect any serious long walks out of him. He might have the energy, but he does not have the discipline. So it's hard to get any exercise with him, and equally hard to get any without him. Jason and I are really juggling our schedules so that one of us is home with him (after the work hours). This means if i want to go to the gym, I've gotta make sure that Jason is cool with sticking around the house. This is definitely a first for me. Usually the only thing that prevented me from going to the gym was myself, now there's a bigger world to consider.

Jason is pretty willing to oblige me but sometimes I just hate to ask. After all, he gets up before 6 a.m. to do some things with the puppy so that I can get ready in peace. Then he comes home for his lunch breaks to let the pooch out and feed him and walk him. Then he has to come straight home after work to let the little guy out again. I'm the one who can dilly dally and run errands on my way home without any pressure. We are learning to work as a team but there are days when I feel Jason is the VIP member and it's just unfair to ask for more out of him. These days I'm settling for 30 minutes at the gym instead of two hours. That's the subject of my blog: some exercise is better than none!

And I have got to fit in this exercise during the week because it looks like we are skipping out of town just about every weekend this summer. Sure, I play with his nephews and and I'm pretty active, but somehow being active in a bathing suit with a beer in your hand doesn't really meet my idea of vigorous intensity.

I'm learning it's about patience and juggling routines and prioritizing. It's about striving to maintain healthy eating habits during the week. It's about walking around my office building or using the bathroom on the second or third floor for to find a couple of extra minutes of motion. It's about making the most of my time and doing the best I can with the resources that I have.