In need of a plan.
This is my fourth week of working a full-timejob; Monday to Friday, 8:30-4:30. I know! Sweet hours and weekends off so I'm not complaining. I'm just struggling to fit everything in that I want to and it is only going to get worse with hockey season starting for the boys in a couple weeks. In August I may have run 3 times and biked twice which results in me feeling mediocre.
I've been trying to run/bike when I get home from work. Unfortunately this is also the time when I should be making supper not to mention the time that Larrin usually asks me to "look at a cow", "doctor a cow", help with milking, or AI a cow. Needless to say....not working. I used to wait until after chores to go but for a run or bike but after working all day, cleaning up after supper and it getting darker earlier this isn't working either.
Which leads me to....getting up earlier to exercise. When I think about this I see a huge mountain and I quickly think of why this won't work. I hate to say it but it kind of makes sense. Up at 5:45, 15 minutes to "wake up", 5K run, stretch and shower, and it would still be before 7 am. Hmmm. Still not appealing enough.
My other option is to exercise at work during lunch. I have an hour but we have a policy that if we incorporate physical activity into our lunch break we can use our other two 15 minute breaks at that time to total an hour and a half lunch. Enough time to get in a run and eat lunch. But....I don't feel great about this one either.
Whatever I decide, I need to incorporate it into my daily routine and just do it. I may do the morning thing for a week and see how it goes. Did that sound convincing? Didn't to me.
Any suggestions?
I've been trying to run/bike when I get home from work. Unfortunately this is also the time when I should be making supper not to mention the time that Larrin usually asks me to "look at a cow", "doctor a cow", help with milking, or AI a cow. Needless to say....not working. I used to wait until after chores to go but for a run or bike but after working all day, cleaning up after supper and it getting darker earlier this isn't working either.
Which leads me to....getting up earlier to exercise. When I think about this I see a huge mountain and I quickly think of why this won't work. I hate to say it but it kind of makes sense. Up at 5:45, 15 minutes to "wake up", 5K run, stretch and shower, and it would still be before 7 am. Hmmm. Still not appealing enough.
My other option is to exercise at work during lunch. I have an hour but we have a policy that if we incorporate physical activity into our lunch break we can use our other two 15 minute breaks at that time to total an hour and a half lunch. Enough time to get in a run and eat lunch. But....I don't feel great about this one either.
Whatever I decide, I need to incorporate it into my daily routine and just do it. I may do the morning thing for a week and see how it goes. Did that sound convincing? Didn't to me.
Any suggestions?
I vote lunch time. What a great policy, really.
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