Ok, just that was impulsive. Just bought a heart rate monitor watch for $1 on ebay with $8 shipping. I hope that wasn't silly. Better go to bed. That was completed within 2 minutes of posting that I would look into getting one.

Day 4, I need a new approach. When I used to say, "let's go on a walk" everyone would get so excited thinking it was a fun special thing. Now when I say it they cry "No! I don't want to".
so today, we walked to the pet store and back. We got the mile in without talking about it or anyone knowing we were doing it. I want to look into heart rate monitors.

Day 2, kids went on 1/2 mile walk with 77 year old grandma while hubby and I ate chinese buffet. Then I walked them the 1/2 mile walk home. So, in a lazy way we made it a mile but that is ok because Saturday and Sunday are not "must walks".

Day 3, 8am, I snuck out with 5 and 9 year old before 2 year old woke up. They both cried to bike so I let them. 5 y.o. , who is too scared to even ride his bike with training wheels found that he'd rather walk then ride his tricycle a mile. Even the 9 y.o. by the end said that biking was too hard and she'd rather walk.

The Reece Family attempts exercise. Day 1

Maybe we could be like Julie/Julia only instead of recipes we exercise and work our way up to a marathon. Ha Ha. Ok, maybe a 5k? So, my husband and I love to judge people who let their kids watch tv and play computer games all day. Till I realized, oops, that's us. we've got a 9,5 and 2 year old and we are extremely sedentary. I never thought of myself as lazy. We live next door to a great park/rec center. But the truth is, we are.

So, today starts a new day! Doctor says we should exercise 60 minutes a day. Ya right. None of us are exercisers. My husband and I will car camp and walk the dog but that's the extent of exercise. Today, I told the kids we were going to walk a mile. We could go as slow as we wanted but we were going to do it. All three were crying as we attempted to get the shoes and socks on. It's been a LONG time since we've felt socks and shoes on as crocs and flip flops are our only foot attire. We made it a mile. 22 minutes! The two year old road the second half in the stroller. The 5 year old skipped off the start line and ran for 20 steps, slowed down and cried/screamed the ENTIRE rest of the mile. TRULY cried, out loud, while I dragged him by the hand for the entire 2 and a half times around the track. We slowed to pet a little cocker spaniel and the owner of the dog asked if the 5 year old was scared of dogs because he couldn't stop audibly crying. I said, "nope, he just hates walking". I wonder what all the neighbors thought as they heard our sad kids being forced into a one mile walk. If for no other reason, I write to say, if I can get my family exercising, anybody can. But this is only day one.
p.s. - as soon as I literally dragged my 5 year old across the 1 mile mark, he let go of my hand and took off running. Ugh.