I notice there are a lot of advertisements for doing exercises, especially this time of the year. Like anyone has time for that anyway, and especially this time of the year. Now, I agree that persons who exercise a lot are probably healthier than I am. But I am healthy enough. I get all kinds of exercise every day just trying to get my job done. Being a mother can be exhausting. But it is great at the end of a busy day to know I have done my share of exercise.
I do not have to go to the gym. I get all I need right here at home. For instance, I do lunges pretty frequently. I have to lunge forward to pick up the dirty clothes in order to load them in the washer. Sometimes I even add a stretch or two as I reach from my lunge and pitch something in the washer. Then I get lots of time in for squats. That happens when I start to sit down for a moment and someone calls out, ‘Hey Mom, what did you do with my other sock?’ Or ‘Honey, can you please bring me a bandaid? I just cut myself shaving.’
And how about buying those groceries and then lugging them all into the house. When I put them away, I get lots of stretch time. I even occasionally get in another lunge or two if I drop something. And then when I go into the pantry, I turn my neck slowly from side to side trying to find that can of tomatoes that I am sure I just bought.
A therapist once told me that if I carry something with me while doing steps, it will make my bones stronger. I ought to have the strongest bones on the continent. I am constantly doing stair steps up and down and down and up all day long. And I am carrying piles of dirty clothes and then piles of clean clothes while I go up and down all day long.
After thinking about all this, I think I will lunge out to my car, squat into the seat and go to the drive in to get a great big ice cream cone. Should reward myself for doing all this exercise, especially this busy time of the year.
No wonder I look so good!
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