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Oh….my….goodness!

I did NOT want to get out of my bed this morning!!!

It felt so good and snuggly!

And honestly, I was just flat-out tired!

You see, I have been working extra hard for the last few weeks. My diet has been spot on and, I have been pulling two-a-days at the gym.

I just want to look my best when I go to the Arnold!

But this morning…

Well, my bed felt extra, extra  good and snuggly, and I just didn’t want to get up!! You know, sometimes you just don’t.

But I turned my alarm off and got up and stumbled to my computer.

Through bleary eyes I read a PM from another friend who wants me to meet him at The Arnold. I smiled, but I was still wanting to get back in that bed, y’all.

I fumbled with my clothes and shoes thinking, “Man, I’m tired today.”

I dropped my cup and had trouble mixing my little morning ProminoPlus drink. The directions say to “wait for the reactive bubbles…” Ends up, they mean business! I still drank it, only the bubbles reacted in my throat and not in my cup.

I forgot where I put my keys and had to search.

All-in-all, I got out of the door just a few minutes behind schedule.

I was still sleepy at the gym when I got on the bike for my warm-up, so I didn’t feel like changing the channels. There was an infomercial for a diet where you didn’t have to count calories or watch what you eat. So, every few minutes I mumbled, “You moron” to the TV.

And as it always happens, I got pepped up just a few minutes in to my workout.

I flipped that TV to a better infomercial and hollered, “You go girl!” every time someone tried on her new girdle and got measured.

And I came back and replied to my messages with the vim and vigor of someone who knows, “It’s only 5:00AM and my cardio is done for the day! The whole day! WOO HOO!!!”

And I glanced over at my snuggly bed and whispered, “You did not win today.”

Because here’s what I know, and here’s why I get up.

I could have pressed a button and gotten an extra hour of sleep. But had I pressed it, that hour would have felt like five minutes. And I would have gotten up thinking, “Dang it. Now when will I get my cardio in?”

My entire day is set by the choices I make when I first get up.

So, on days I don’t want to get up, I keep this in mind.

Every single time I choose to stay in bed over do my cardio, I regret it. Every single time. Without fail.
So today, I gave myself the gift of a regret-free morning. And that bed will feel just as good when I crash into it later tonight. And I choose to think that thinking snuggly thoughts at the gym burns more calories! It’s got to! 

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