Let's be realistic, now...

Being realistic, logical, or thinking through my actions entirely are not things that I excel at. Luckily, my financial analyst, always-logical, constantly-thinking-ahead (but also in a band?) husband is the exact opposite of me. If only you knew how many times in the past 5 1/2 months I've heard, "Tara, you didn't quite think that one through did you??"....

I'm not one to set "resolutions" for the new year. I tried one year and by February had completely forgotten what it was I had resolved to do. Therefore, I was not about to hop on the "2012 will be the BEST year EVA" train or the "I'm going to be in the BEST shape of my life" bandwagon. Let's face it: the first time I meet a Hershey's bar this year, that baby's gonna win my soul over.

However, the husband and I have tried to set a goal of accomplishing something this year together that improves our physical fitness. Whether it's going for a walk in the sunshine, playing some ultimate frisbee, or just going for a bike ride on the Monon, it's our goal to spend time together doing something we enjoy.

The inspiration for tonight's blog comes from the fact that yesterday we started just that - togetherness.


January 1: Pilates. We found some free pilates instruction videos on our On Demand portion of Comcast. Needless to say, at one point we were both lying on the living room floor dying of laughter as we watched each other attempt to look like the instructor.

January 2: Gym. Our apartment complex has a gym that I had never been in the presence of....until tonight. Needless to say, the 16 minutes I spend on that treadmill was the most running/fast walking I have done in a looooong time. It felt really good, though, to be up and moving around. We are hoping to set our goals for a 5K walk/run in Indy sometime in the future.

In conclusion, here's to keeping our goals alive and spending the time together... :)