I don’t want to leave you hanging all day wondering, so here it is. Yes, I got up early and worked out this morning! Woo Hoo!! The funny/good thing about it is that I was actually awake and enjoyed it. I didn’t feel like my feet were dragging. Still not the afternoon energy I am used to when beginning a workout, but it felt good.
So, after my great post yesterday about getting up early I overslept this morning. I heard the alarm once and then again about 20 minutes after I should’ve gotten up. My morning schedule doesn’t allow for a 20-minute change, so I had to skip my workout. Of course, we also have church tonight, so that means that there will be no workout at all today.
Well, I got up early again this morning to workout. It went well. I managed to stay awake afterwards also. I’d like to say that I’ll keep this up every day, but I can’t won’t commit to that just yet. While I like the fact that it is done for the day, I’m just not sure I”ll get used to waking up early and working out first thing in the morning.
I am a part-time substitute teacher and usually work 2-3 days a week and only at my kids’ school. Well, over the summer I started wondering how my workouts were going to fit in my work schedule. I also make time for my daily Bible reading and prayer in the mornings, so working out when I work is going to be tricky, because it either means I have to get up early or workout late in the evenings. I decided that I’d workout 30 minutes on the days I sub and then 45-60 on the days I don’t. Until yesterday I hadn’t decided if this would be early mornings or late nights. I like early mornings, but that means that I have to get to bed at a decent hour and I am not always the best at disciplining myself to do that.
Thursday my husband and I went to breakfast after the kids went off to their first day of school. Afterwards we ran a few errands. This included a trip to the cell phone store, which turned out to be a not-so-pleasant experience. I won’t go into the details, but suffice it to say I was a little bummed when we were driving home.
Today’s Weight: 217.5 lbs.
I don’t talk about my weight loss efforts with many people who live near me. Only two of my friends locally know I’m working on weight loss. My greatest “support group” consists of three closest friends who live far away, my husband(well, I guess he’s local, huh? 😛 ) and now….
Well, I have this feeling that I will have a gain this week. I have two days left until my official weigh-in and I realized that I’ve had four days this week where I went pretty high in calories. This is not conducive to weight loss. I’m a bit bummed, but I have to be honest and prepare my readers for what’s to come, because I know I won’t be surprised.
If you happen to turn on the news and see a clip about a chubby blonde girl in Oklahoma who was bookin’ it on a walking trail at a local park and you think she looks familiar….
I’ve had two very busy days that have not allowed time for me to workout…yet. As I write I’m waiting for my dinner to settle and I think I can probably still fit in a walk this evening. However, yesterday I spent the entire day working on a photo board for a funeral this morning and then making homemade salsa for “approximately 100 people”, cleaning up the kitchen, helping my husband do the slideshow for the funeral, pick up my son from a friend’s house, drop off a little girl who hung out with my girls for the day, etc. etc. Then this morning was the funeral, about an hour from us out in the country. Then the graveside and helping to serve the lunch afterwards and clean up.
My New Ending 