Tuesday, January 24, 2012

A New Year, New Challenges

I recently found a good friend to watch C during the day so I could open up my availability at work and be able to be home at night more often.  I don't work lots during the day and not even every week, but I have noticed it cutting into my work out time.  Normally I go to the gym after the kids go to school (and when the day care is open at the gym).  If I don't go in the morning, I rarely go once the kids get home from school.   I never can go on Monday morning because I work for the free membership from 8-12:30 that day.  I am NOT a morning person.  Getting up at 7 is hard for me, and that is necessary to get the kids to school on time.  In my perfect world I would be at the gym at 6 and home by 7, but that is so unrealistic I can't even begin to fathom it. 

Sunday I told Ryan I wanted to go to PowerCut at 5:30 the next day.  He all but laughed in my face.  Of course I was at work all day and by the time I got home I was exhausted and very much not wanting to leave the house.  Around 7 or 7:30 I made a comment about how I had missed PowerCut and Ry again laughed at me.  After we talked for a bit I found out that he thought I meant 5:30 am.   Not 5:30 pm.  Which is the actual time of the class.  Now the laughter made sense. 

So here is my predicament.  I need to work out more often, but I have these time issues that make it hard.  I don't want to call myself lazy because I can't wake up.  Maybe I am, but I work until late at night all weekend long and 2 week nights.  Sleep is hard to come by.  So I am hoping for some advice on how I can work more exercise into this schedule.  I am open to options at this point.  Honestly, the gym has been the best for me especially when I go to classes.  They are a lot more motivating and help my endurance increase which is my hardest thing right now.  I did 2 classes in a row last week, which I had never done and I thought I wuld die, but I made it.  But 2 hours one day an hour the next then 5 days off is not a great schedule.  Consistency is what  I am looking for here.  Any thoughts would be helpful and appreciated.