Holding Myself Accountable

This week I restarted an exercise regimen that helped me lose quite a bit of weight last year. I would like to add "and kept it off", but it seems that even when I am serious about something I still manage to backtrack. So, I have to start again. I remember that a couple of weeks into it last year I actually started walking around saying things like "I LIKE exercise". I am not really convinced that this could happen twice in one lifetime, because left to my own devices I would spend 99% of my time in a chair reading or sitting at the computer surfing and writing. Exercise is not on my list of "fun things to do with my time". And do you know what else? At 40 everything is harder! My metabolism didn't just slow down, she kicked back on the couch with a cold drink and an Oreo.

I've been doing one of the Biggest Loser workouts (Cardio Max) for a half hour each day. I woke up muscles that have been stagnant and my aerobics instructor Gracie (age 4) yelled at me because I "didn't use the new DVD you got for Christmas!" I figured I would start with the familiar and work my way into the Boot Camp one, but she was not exactly supportive of that idea. And nobody in this household is sympathetic to my complaints that my legs hurt! You think they could give me a empathetic look or something, but they all seem to think I need a little cheese to go with my whine.

What do you do that helps keep you on track, exercise-wise?