exercise innitiative and update on last night

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I fell off the exercise wagon many months ago. (except for walking the dog

a few times a week) I've decided that if my daughter can work so hard on

her OCD (or for that matter even live with the anxiety- I won't quit if she

has a hard day or anything) that I can make myself exercise for half an hour

daily. For me, it's a mental battle to get myself to exercise. When I want

to quit or not even start I'll think of my daughter and get my ass down

stairs and exercise. (how's that for motivation?) It will benefit my

health and help reduce my stress as I help my daughter with her OCD.

I thought someone might also be inspired by this idea and want to jump on

board. I'm over weight and I'm beginning with low impact aerobics.

Sansone walk aerobics are my exercise of choice for now. I started today.

Yay me! One day down.

Shaw

P.S. Lilly had the best night she's had for weeks last night. She brushed

her teeth and was done after only a handful of repititions and she was

asleep an hour after we went into her room. It was much less anxious for

her. She got out of bed repeatedly on three occasions but waited a long

time in between and was not half as stressed. This was the third or fourth

night since we reduced her Zoloft to 100mg from 125. Not sure if it is the

medication or not.

We also working on reassureance issues. Except for the really hard ones,

like hand washing, I've told her I'll only reassure her twice per episode

and so far she's doing well with it.