Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Ho, hum....

Sweat it out:
45 Minutes Elliptical

Being a stay at home mom sometimes leaves me with days that I don't have a ton of stuff to get done.  Today was not one of those days.  I had to get supplies to do tie-dye shirts for an activity, and then make Hanna some baby food.  I know, it doesn't sound like a lot, but it takes orchestrating when you're making baby food.  I've got it down to a science.  I usually take two days out of the month and those are the days that I make all of the upcoming fruits and vegetables puree's for little Hanna-bear.  Plus, I can only run the blender at certain times during the day so that Hanna doesn't wake up from her nap.

The point is that I can always find a reason to not workout.  Hanna slept in until 8 which throws my whole day off because then her naps are messed up.  I thought to myself that maybe I shouldn't go to the gym because I need to keep her schedule, but then I read this article about having no excuses for not working out.

I will workout if I plan it into my schedule.  After I read that article I immediately put my gym clothes on and went to the gym.  I had a good sweaty workout too.  And it didn't throw Hanna's schedule off at all. I need to just not think and go.  I could probably apply that philosophy to a lot of different areas of my life.

Did you workout today?
Have you ever tie-dyed?  

5 comments:

  1. I took a workout day off today....I probably should have done a little something but I was bad and didn't. Tomorrow I will be putting my body to work! Great job getting the motivation to get up and go to the gym! Keep up!

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  2. Okay, okay--I needed the reminder that there should be no excuses!! My car has been at the dealership, issues with the battery, but 'HELLO' I live 4 blocks from the gym and don't have little Hanna for an excuse. Tomorrow morning I'm so there!! Thanks for the gentle nudge--and great article. Love you, Mom

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  3. i'm a new mom and struggling with this too. i feel like i have to rely on others to get in my workouts. sometimes i can take my baby to the gym with me, but that's not a guarantee.

    great job getting the workout in though!!

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  4. Just found your blog via some other blog (can't even remember what it was).

    I just wanted to say that I think it's great that you're doing what you're doing and sharing it with the blog world.

    Congrats, I know you can do it!

    Jessica @ FitTalker
    http://fittalker.blogspot.com

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  5. Runner26, fortunately, they have an affordable kids club at my gym so that makes it way easier to stay on track. One more reason to not have an excuse to not workout ;)
    Jessica, Glad you found me! Thanks for the comment I really appreciate it when people I don't know leave comments. it helps to know there are poeple out there reading, I'll check out your blog too! (same with you runner26!)

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