Sound the alarm!

Last night, after posting in a (private) fitness group on Facebook,

"• • • Question for those who WAKE UP EARLY to workout. • • •
What is your morning like once you wake up? Do you drink water? Do you eat breakfast or a small snack? Do you drink some sort of energy drink (E&E)? or do you roll out of bed and dive right into your workout?"

I received over 70 comments! So, I did what any smart, motivated person would do... I set my alarm to sound at 4:45am!

My plan, and I swear, the idea of this plan sounded perfect. I "planned" to go to bed at 9pm. That didn't happen. I "planned" to be asleep before 10pm. That didn't happen either. I "planned" to sleep soundly. That didn't happen either.

Here's what happened...I did go to bed at 9pm and just like every night, for the past 2ish weeks, my sleep has been anything but perfect. No reason as to why... no kids woke up. No dog barking. No alarming sounds to keep me awake. Nope, just me, myself and I keeping myself awake for no apparent reason. Pretty crappy of myself to do that, but for some reason, falling asleep just isn't happening at the hour that it should. So, I tossed and turned and I'm guessing that I passed out around 11/11:30pm, Then (of course there is a then) I must have dreamed that my husbands alarm went off and I also dreamed that he shut it off, I can't quite remember, but I do remember sitting up and looking at his clock and it clearly showing 3:41. WHAT THE?! So, I go back to sleep and at 4:45, my lovely alarm sounds. Let's do this!

I roll out of bed, walk into the bathroom, get my workouts clothes & shoes on, grab my water and head down stairs. I pour myself a glass of water and mix in my pre-workout mix to give myself a boost of energy since energy in my body wasn't present. After about 10 minutes, I head to the freezing basement and push play on Body Beast followed by T25.

I did it, I woke up to my alarm and did a double workout. Hot damn.. I did it! And then exhaustion hit. I expected it to hit me, I just wasn't exactly sure when, but hey, I set my alarm and I did what I had planned to do!

So, I go upstairs and the house is SILENT. Everyone was still asleep. (I might have been a tad jealous - just saying!) I take my shower, get dressed, do my hair and head to the kitchen to drink some much deserved coffee!!

 

And what do you know... it's snowing outside! I enjoyed my coffee while watching the snow fall & also watching the TODAY show on tv.

As rough as this waking up has been on my body (it's 11:35 now and I feel like I've been up since forever • I guess I kind of have, right? I've been awake for almost 7 hours now) I know that habits form by consistency and what's the saying... it takes 21 days to form a habit! I raise my glass (or coffee mug, because lord knows I need more of that today) to forming a habit!

Happy Tuesday! *YAWN*

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Week 1 of Push

Day 5 of Week 1 | Push Phase is halfway over. I just finished Push Circuit 3, but I still have Core 20 to do. Although, I should do it now, I'm going to listen to my body and give it a rest and possibly push play after I take the kids to school.  (and just as I type this, the office door slowly opens and the cutest, sleepy 4 year old boy rubs his eyes and says, "Mommy, I didn't pee my pull-ups!" (he did pee in them, but he was still cute while he stood there telling me this.))

Anyway, this week started out really well, however, I'm starting to feel so exhausted that sleep sounds so much better than getting up. I know that I can't give up and that I when the alarm sounds, it means that it is time to workout. If I keep it up, it'll get easier. I've heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit. If that is truly the case, I've got 16 more days to go! I CAN DO THIS! (positive talk is always a good thing!)

With that being said, I'm glad that I worked out. I absolutely love the feeling of my arms wanting to just give out as I type. I love that my muscles are fatigued. I'm pushing myself and that's the main reason of the Push Phase.

Unfortunately, it is time for me to turn off the computer and attend to the child who is the early riser!

...to be continued!

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Should I snooze?

Lately, I have been struggling to get up when my alarm goes off at 5:25 a.m. I mean, seriously struggling. Last week, I didn't even bother turning the alarm off. I figured I was saving myself the step from having to turn it off in the morning to get an extra hour or so sleeping. 

See, here's the thing. My intentions are good, but my body is so darn exhausted that it would rather sleep. Sure, that's an excuse but I just couldn't get out of bed and even when I'd wake up for the day (about 2 hours later) I still did not feel well rested. I'm sure staying up until midnight has something to do with it -- I'm working on going to bed earlier. 

Anyway, this lovely Thursday morning, I had actually set my alarm the night before and got up when it sounded! It was quite a big deal to me. (I'm giving myself a thumbs up - just so you know!) 

Unfortunately, I didn't make the decision on what program I was going to do when I got up. So, I sat there looking at Turbo Fire, Insanity, Brazil Butt Lift, ChaLEAN Extreme and opted for Turbo Fire's Sculpt 30 class. To make it even more of a challenge I used a heavy band. Holy wow! A simple switch in bands and I felt so weak! That sucker was tough, but I did it! My shoulders are going to look FABULOUS! 

So, that's that! My workout is done. Time to get the day started. I know the minis will be waking up soon and so starts our morning routine of breakfast, getting ready for school, making the beds and getting out the door without a fight.  It's going to be a great day, I can just feel it!

Oh and this evening at Fit Club, we get to try out Shaun T's newest program, T25 which hasn't even launched it. I've heard it's awesome and I can't wait to get a taste of what it's all about!

Have a great day!

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