This morning I got up at 6am and went to the YMCA...
I know, I know... I don't want to be that person - but I can't figure out when to work out now that I started my new jobby job at Designvox. When I get home around 5:30pm I typically get some dinner started and who wants to work out with a belly full of chicken and rice??
This week has been an experiment. I decided Sunday night to start getting up every morning at 6:30am to work out before going to work. When the alarm rang - Ryan and I decided it was too dark to safely walk to my car (which was just a silly excuse to stay in bed) So, Tuesday I got up at 6:30am - threw on my shoes and clothes, drove to the Y, parked, walked in and put all my stuff in my locker - which gave me 18 minutes to work out before getting back in the car and going to work. NOT ENOUGH TIME TO BE SUCCESSFUL!
So Wednesday I decided (when the alarm rang at 6am) that I would try to go after work - since the morning thing didn't go so well the day before. When I got to the Y around 6pm it was PACKED! I had to wait in line for the weight machines! NOT SUCCESSFUL AGAIN!!
So, today at 6am I tried the morning thing again - but 30 minutes earlier. I did weights and the treadmill and made it to work about 15 minutes early. SUCCESS!! FINALLY!!
So that's the delimma... even though I was successful with my workout this morning I do not really want to start my official "adultish" sleeping patterns. Do I want to go to bed by 10 every night so that I can get up at 6? Do I want to start the habit of getting up before the sun? I don't think I do - but I don't know when else to work out! AHHhhhhh...
So, when do you work out?
Friday, October 12, 2007
Reflections of my morning over a BLOGna sandwich
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Hi Amber! I'm so glad that you love your new job and that it is going well. I can't wait to hear more about it. On the workout note, Riley and I walk every morning at 6:10...its a little rough at first, but soon it will just become something you do. Also, I do try to get to bed by 10:15...so I guess that would make me adultish. Today I was asked if the children running around the waiting area of the car service center were mine (they were probably 5-7 years old). Now that made me feel a little old. Have a great day!
i totally understand what you're going through. i don't have to be at work until 9, so it makes a bit easier for me. if i wake up at 7 and work out, i still have time to get ready and get to work. however, i don't go to a gym, i walk/jog around the area we live. it's worked out so far! :)
Amber!!! It's been forever since we've chatted! Keep up the a.m.workouts girl! It really bites in the beginning, but you should eventually feel SOOOO much better once you get in the groove. I workout at 5:30/6:00 where I work which is super-nice! Congrats on the move and the job. I too have a new job since graduating and getting ready for Anniversary #1 on October 28th. Take care!
So my question is all of this madness is what the sweet hizzle were you doing eating a blogna sandwich for breakfast?? Unacceptable.
I commend you on the early morning workouts. That is no easy task. I'm definitely not on that boat yet...
I plan on working out in about 3 more years when Isabelle is (hopefully) not waking me up 2, 3, 4, 7 times every night. sigh.
get a dog -- a mean/nice dog & run outside?
get a treadmill -- and run inside.
keep getting up early, cause it's the next right thing and it makes you feel SOOOO good.
don't question it, just do it. (am i in a commercial?)
hi amber!! just noticed you were on michelle's typepad and thought i'd say hi ... Jennifer "7" Williams! -- i now have a four month old daughter and i workout as soon as her head hits the swing for her morning nap...
I'm really late to the party, but I'm just catching up on reading my feeds. Yeah, I have gotten down to 2 mornings a week where I get up early to work out. I figure with those 2 days, and 1 weekend day, it's good enough. I used to do the every day thing, but yeah, I changed priorities and chose to eat a little less - or not!
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