Well, I’m just getting to posting about week three and it’s almost over. I’m running a little behind as week two was hard on me. You can read about week three on Inspired To Action.
Week 2 Recap:
As Michelle says in her post week 2 is often tough because the novelty wears off. I can’t believe how tired I was. There were a couple mornings I didn’t even try to get up at 7AM, my chosen wake up time. I’ve also been struggling with kids suddenly waking earlier than they used to. We are certainly working out the kinks. All that being said, there was no way I could move on to the “homework” for week three. But I’m there now.
My morning worship time comes in two parts. First thing I get dressed. Then I sit and read a chapter of Proverbs that corresponds with the day of the month – Chapter 22 on the 22nd. (My Sabbath study has moved to other times in the day.) Then when the house is starting to wake up, or when I want the house to start waking up, I turn on my music and we listen to that while eating breakfast and getting our morning work done. This part didn’t go so well because I wasn’t getting up before the family. We’re getting there, though.
Week 3 – Creating an exercise plan.
In talking with my friend, Christi I realized that starting with Billy Blanks’, Tae Bo might be a little ambitious. She encouraged me to just start with going for a walk and trying to get it done in the morning. Well, I kinda shot the idea down right away. There is no way I’d get a walk in the morning without the kids. Plus, it’s getting cold here. I don’t wanna walk outside.
1. The workout. Well, then I got thinking. We can dress warm. We can still go outside. And, hey, I never get to the post office. And I have trouble getting the kids focused on school in the morning. Maybe this can work! So I’ve decided to get us up and going by 8AM. Breakfast done by 9AM and us out the door for a morning constitutional. When we get back, it’s school time. I love it! I can see it working for me. We’ll go to the post office and drop off any letters we’ve written and pick up what’s there. In addition to walking with the kids, we have two exercise machines that I will be using while I watch TV or at other times throughout the day.
2. Make it fun. Now, while walking outside in the cold weather with my 6 kids may not be fun, getting the mail and delivering our letters there is fun. I can’t really listen to anything has I need to be able to hear and focus on my kids’ safety. But I LOVE walking. I have missed it so much during my last pregnancy and recovery. I was just too tired to expend energy on anything other than my family and home.
3. The habit workout. My habit workout will be to jump on one of the machines that reside in our living spaces. :)
4. Do something. Well, I am going to make this work. Even if we only walk to the end of the street and back because the kids are being miserable or the weather is not cooperating.
5. Set a goal. Faster, no. Farther, no. Loose pounds and inches, YES! Just to get out there, YES. I just need to get active again. And so that’s my main goal. To loose pounds and inches and to just do something.
6. Workout music. Well, I won’t be able to listen to these while walking, usually. But sometimes we need to get pumped up to get some cleaning done, or to just dance around in the living room. I’m gonna make a playlist on YouTube for that purpose. There will be some Go Fish Guys songs in there. We love them guys! lol. What music do you listen to while you exercise?
In the ebook, Kat gives some online exercise trackers and such things. I’ll be checking them out in the next couple of days too. However, week 4 is looming. I think I may push week four back a little too in an attempt to not take on too much at once.
Still diggin',
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