Loose It: The Excuses

I know many of us have our excuses for not getting our rears to the gym. Over the past year and a half, I came up with many. I was too tired, too pregnant, living with my husband 12 hours away, a mom to a 3 year old, working full time, and then I was too busy with two kids. The excuses go on and on.

Then, I realized, I needed to buck up and loose the excuses. I have to force myself to go to the gym, because I can think of a million other things to do, but once I get there. I never regret it.

I started my day by dropping off the girls at their respective daycares, and then I saw 4 speech kids. DJ and went to lunch, and my plan was to then go feed MC for her afternoon feeding, and then go to the gym, while she stayed at daycare. MC has ways to ruin every single plan I make. I'm not sure how she does it at 5 months old, but she does. I had planned to arrive at 2:00 to feed her, but she did not go down for her nap until 1:30. I was home from lunch by 1:00, and planned to do a little bit of cleaning before going to feed her. But, when I realized that it would still be another hour or more before she woke up, I went ahead to the gym knowing that I may not get in a full workout.

At that moment, I made a decision. The decision to go, and risk not getting in that full workout, but I knew that something was better than nothing.

I was able to complete Week 2 Day 2 of Couch to 5 K, as well as 3 reps of arm exercises before I got the text that MC was awake from her nap and ready to eat. I was a bit disappointed, because I had not finished my workout. So, I left and went to feed her and again, I made another decision. After she finished eating, I went back to the gym. I'm thankful, that the gym is less than 2 minutes from MC's daycare, but still another excuse I had to overcome.

I went back and managed to do another set of 3 reps of arm exercises followed by 300 ab exercises. I've managed to increase those by 100 every day this week.

Here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: Bowl of Cascadian Farms Cinnamon Crunch (about 100 calories) with skim milk

Snack: 1 Banana and a serving of the apple cinnamon chips I made yesterday

Lunch: Country Potato Soup in a Bread Bowl from McCalister's Deli with a Coke (about 700 calories)- this was my fail b/c it was a lot of carbs.

Snack: Apple Slices

Dinner: 1 whole grain pita stuffed with 1 slice of swiss cheese, 1 slice of turkey breast, 2 bell pepper strips, 3 cucumber, and spring salad mix, along with a serving of pita chips. 2 hand fulls of chocolate chips (I'm a chocaholic!)

Snack: Grapes

Water: 3-4 glasses

Looking back, I need to increase my water, increase my protein, and decrease my carbs.

I also would like a few new ab exercises, and may try to work my abs using the machine weights available. I need to vary my arm exercises as well and try to incorporate the machines more.

Thursday is my busy day at work, so it will be my day off at the gym, unless I decide to go late when DJ gets home from work. (I know, there's another excuse I could loose).