It’s all up to me

This is the beginning of the 2nd week and I am so proud of what we have done. My husband is still very serious about this which is helping me in ways I never imagined. I was having a weak moment and would have most likely eaten something high in carbs but I thought to myself “if he can do it so can I”.  I bet I have had that thought at least 10 times in the last week.

School will be starting soon which is a bit of a concern to me because I will not have as much time built in to exercise.  The way we do it right now is I get up at 6am and workout before everyone wakes up.  To continue that throughout the school year I would have to get up around 4am which is just NOT going to happen.  My husband is a full-time student and has an erratic schedule so we have to be creative.  The plan we finally developed is that I will stay in my classroom after school and workout before I pick up the kids.  I tried this last year and it didn’t work because the tile on the floor gave me shin splints.  But he bought me some foam tiles that can be picked up and put in my closet after I’m done.  I also ordered the new Firm package because the weights are very portable and each DVD has an express option which would allow me to complete the workout in about 30 minutes.  It’s not perfect but if I try to continue working out for an hour by getting up at 4am I know I will not be consistent.  The way I am trying to approach it now is that 30 minutes every day is better than an hour 1 or 2 days a week.

But until then I’m still going to workout for an hour every morning before the kids get up.  And if this darn heat and humidity would pass I think I could get my husband to talk a walk a night with me and the kids or take our older son for a bike ride.