Sucking it Up

First off, I dd the rest of  the Jackie Warner 1 on 1 DVD yesterday.  Ouch.  I am feeling the lower body today.  A. LOT.  It's like 20 minutes of lunges, and for her cardio she does the lunges fast.  Oh joy.  I bet it's a great workout for your body though. 

I know, you're thinking... only 20 minutes, what a failure you are Hilary.  And, you'd be right... but i had forgotten that I worked Tuesday night -- went to bed after midnight and I knew I couldn't do a 5:45 wake-up, so I did 6:30... and I'm still alive, and I still lost some weight.  I am disappointed that I won't meet my 45 minutes three times a week goal, but hey now... things happen.

Most people go wide-eyed when I say that I workout at 5:45... and honestly, me a few years ago would've though I was insane too... but here's my tips to how I get it to happen.

1.  I do it at my house.  If i had to drive anywhere I'd be screwed.  I'm not really fully awake until a good 10 minutes into the video.

2.  I just can't do videos that require too much concentration.  I've had a few close calls falling off my step bench.  I've just had to adjust.  Step can be hard when you're fully "there"

3.  I wear my workout clothes to bed.  Or, I workout in my pajamas.  I just recently got some workout clothes but they look an awful lot like pajamas... and either way it works well.  Thankfully, my chest is small enough that I don't HAVE to wear a bra for working out.  If only they had a bra for my belly...

4.  I have these shoes.  They're called AnyWears... and they are truly the secret to my success.  It's the tiny things that will prevent me from working out and actually having to put shoes on and socks... man, I'd just die.  BUT, I also really have to wear shoes because of my plantar facitis... these solved the problem.  They're pretty form fitting, and yes my feet stink like heck once I'm done but they give good support, I don't need socks and they work for the purpose intended.

5.  Constantly changing it up.  I have to give Netflix huge props for this one.  If I hate a video I don't feel vim and verv to go do it.  When I'm excited to do it in the morning I know I am doing something right.  I tend to alternate around to stuff I've DVR'd, Netflicks and then my extensive collection of DVD's and VHS fitness videos.

So, there you have it.  5:45 is very early, and I think about how much I hate working out almost every day that alarm goes off, but I always stop at the scale before I get onto my routine.  It helps me either way.  If it's up I want to workout even harder, and if it's down I'm happy about the work I've been doing.