There Is Not Sufficient Time In My Day To Do What I Need To!

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March 17, 2009

It has always been very hard to discover the time to work out. I think about it often throughout my day. I know I need to get it done. It hangs over my like a dark cloud all day. But for some unknown reason, I let life take over my life. The day comes to an end, I’m tired and guess what still needs to be done. It happens all the time. I’ve tried many unusual Workout Plans nothing seems to stick. I have tried Home Workouts, personal trainers and even a Couples Workout. I stay motivated and resolute for a short time, but then as I stated, life happens.

Every morning I wake with same intention of doing a long, hard workout. I take the kids to school, go to the office, drive carpools and watch sporting events. My day starts winding down with supper for six and then homework. As the day continues on, my intentions slowly turn from a long hard workout to a quick, less intense workout, to maybe a brisk walk at lunch, and finally I’m too exhausted I’ll do it the next day. I’m sure many of you mothers have been in the same place. Everything and everyone gets cared for before you take care of yourself. My husband is great. He helps out when and where he can but he has a very demanding job. So I am left with most of the day to day chores. I have deep sympathy for single parents, either moms or dads. They must find it almost impossible to get a minute to themselves let alone an hour or so to workout.

Like I said before, I have tried a lot of ways to workout. I once had a personal trainer at the gym. I figured that if I had a scheduled time to meet with a professional, I would not waste his time or mine. What I did discovered was that I did show-up and work but my mind was not into it. I was always thinking and worrying about what still needed to be done. While doing my crunches I would think “who’s picking up Suzie from class” and “I need to run to the grocery store to pick up ground beef”. By the time I got to the locker room my mind was buzzing with all the errands still left to do. I didn’t like feeling that way and then I got the bill. Wow! Personal trainers are paid well!

I went through a phase where I met a friend at 5:00am to take a quick morning jog before our day started. I thought that if someone was waiting for me out on the street in the dark and cold of pre-sunrise, I would surely come out of my slumber. This actually worked great.. We did it for several months.quite a while. We had the occasional miscommunication, but all in all, we had a great system. And, for the rest of the day, I felt great knowing that the workout was completed – until 5:00am the following morning. Our perfect plan fell apart when my friend announced she was moving across town. I tried in vain to discover someone else to commit to our early morning jogs, but had no luck.

As I said, my husband is a good guy. We once tried couple’s workouts. It was on a DVD. We figured we would kill two birds with one stone: workout and spend quality time together. We put the kids to bed and started the 50 minute video. While I believe it is great for some people, we just laughed the whole time. The only muscles we worked were our smile muscles from laughing so much. This was surely not for us. Time to go back to the drawing board.

So, I am still out here searching for the perfect workout to do at the perfect time. Until I find it I suppose I am stuck feeling guilty every day I don’t get in a little run. Maybe once the kids are grow up and I’m old I’ll be able to do water aerobics at the senior citizen’s home!

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