Playground Fun

Today I was hanging out with the world's cutest three year old / trainer, and she wanted to go to the park.  The park she was referring to was the neighborhood playground.  It is pretty close to my house, probably less than .5 mile away, so we got our shoes on and started walking.  Shalom wanted to take the car, but I told her it was close enough to walk, and she was excited about that.  We took off walking to the park.  When we got there, it was deserted which was perfect for both us.  Shalom started off on the swings where I got to push her higher and higher.  When she was done with that, she played on the playground equipment.  I watched her play for awhile, and the whole time she was playing, I was thinking to myself, why am I not playing with her on that equipment?  The answer was simple: I was scared.  Scared I couldn't play on it.  Scared I wouldn't fit on the equipment.  Just plain scared. 

I finally got fed up with being scared and decided to jump in and have some fun, too.  I climbed up on the different pieces of equipment and slid down the slide.  I practiced climbing up and down and the whole time chalked it up to training for the Warrior Dash.  It just amazes me how something so simple as playing on a playground has been so hard for me.  I mean, this weight of mine has just held me back from living.  No longer.  Yes, I am overweight.  Yes, I am ashamed of it, but I am working on it!  I am trying every day to be a better, healthier version of myself.  So, I am getting out there.  I may make a fool of myself, but I don't care.  I am just so sick of being held back by this weight bondage. 

I woke up early this morning and went to Kristal's house to do a workout DVD.  This one was a strength training one for abs.  After Kristal gets off work tonight, we are planning on running.  2 workouts + playing on the playground = pretty sweet day!

The only thing that could have made this day better: