Speechless....

So, I was rummaging through my stack of "I'll organize it when the pile takes over my counter"pile this morning and saw a mailing from Similac, you know the baby formula people. My little Corbin is on their Alimentum formula because of allergies, so I knew a long awaited $5 off coupon would be inside. I opened up the envelope with the intent of finding the coupon and throwing the rest of the "how to be a GREAT parent" advice (from people who probably don't have kids) in the trash, when one little flyer caught my eye. The picture is a mother from waist down walking out the door of her home, she's dressed in business attire....a nice black skirt and heels, in one hand she has a laptop case and diaper bag, and in the other hand she's holding the infant carrier with her, what looks like, 4 month old smiling, chubby, happy little baby. The caption under the picture reads, "This Mom has things to do!" Wow! Things to do? Like what? Be a mother? Hold and love and sing and hug, and kiss this little one who has no idea she's about to be dropped of in daycare? Sorry, I know some of you may use day care or even work as day care providers and that is great, it can be good when it is needed. I'm not here to argue whether or not daycare is good. I just think that this little blurb sends the wrong message to us and our daughters, that being a "mother" is not enough.

I know that had nothing to do with fitness, but its all I've got on my mind right now :)

So, back to the challenge. I have had a few successes the past few days. My biggest success is that for the past 3 days I've stopped eating 2 hours before bedtime! I've always been a big, get the kids in bed and sit down on the couch with a bowl of ice cream, type of person. But I got to thinking how many extra calories I was adding to the end of my day....wow! So instead of the bowl of ice cream, or toast with chocolate milk (one of my all time favorites), I've started to dry bananas....and oddly enough they quench the night time snack craving.

Karen, you inspire me! I feel the heat and go right back in the house...maybe today I'll brave the heat and take my boys for a walk :)