My Lab is a great alarm clock...

That dreaded sound of the alarm going off at 5:30a.m. this morning was all I could think about when I finally drifted off to sleep last night.  Would I actually get out of bed at the time that I had been telling myself for so long that I would?  I had told myself many times over and over again with good intentions that I would get up early and work out... After all there are studies that prove you lose more weight first thing in the morning because it 'wakes up' your metabolism.

5:30am........ my anticipation of that alarm buzzer arrived.  "BEEP, BEEP, BEEP... " and of course out of habit, my arm flies over and hits snooze... 'aaaahhhh silence..... ' says the 'sleepy' voice in my head... Then all of a sudden I remember that I had made a decision... "GET UP!!" says the 'determined' side... "but I can sleep another HOUR..." says the 'sleepy' side.  "GET UP!!!" says the determined side.. (yes, I argued with myself).  10 minutes later, my lab jumped on me... and if she could talk, she would have said... 'That alarm is annoying... I have to pee... get up and let me out!!"  ha-ha.

I pulled my sore body out of that comfortable, warm, soft bed at 5:40, put my tennis shoes on ... and devoted the next 40 minutes to making my body even more sore.

It felt great... but I have to say that if my lab was not there to physically move me... the sleepy might have just won...   Thanks Molly! :)