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Resolution Baby Steps

Zen Habits says to take your resolutions in baby steps. Baby steps eh? Well, in addition to seeing my old pal (by pal I mean I am the Amanda to his Bob) once a week I’d liek to work out 5 times a week.  The largest obstacle for me is my schedule. Did I say schedule? I really meant commute. I need to leave the house at 7:30am to make my commuter train to get to work at 8:30am.

Which means if I’d like to eat, workout, shower and leave the house looking respectable I need to wake up at 5:30am.  This factors in time to actually get up, get dressed, get water and get working. The other option is to workout when I get home, but I typically arrive home around 6:30pm and this has really become “family” time around my house. Plus, I often get lazy at night – I’ll admit it. After a full day of commuting and work I want to lay down, not sweat. The best time, though it means getting to bed earlier, is exercising in the morning.

la baby steps:

1. Get ready for bed at 9:30pm

2. Go to bed at 10 pm. Every night, yes, the jersey shore will replay – not having a dvr is not an excuse.

3. Wake up at 5:30am, even if I just go down and watch the Today show.

4. Say hello to Jillian. 3-2-1 Shred or a 45 min DVD. When it isn’t below 20 degrees I can go for an hour run.

5. Make a healthy breakfast.

I only made 5. I’m clearly a fail already! It’s just so hard to take baby steps. Plus, I plan on doing 1, 2, 3 and hopefully 4 all tonight/tomorrow.

What are your resolutions? What’s your plan for keeping them?

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One Response to “Resolution Baby Steps”

  1. Ellie Says:
    January 6th, 2010 at 8:36 am

    I’ve started to hit a 5:30 spin class (which is a 15-minute drive from my house). It’s not so bad. It’s not even so bad if I’ve gone to bed at 11pm the night before. The starting point is setting your alarm for 5:30 everyday, and at least waking up then, even if you go back to sleep. Some days you’ll meet your goal, some days you won’t. Also, if you wake up at 6 and only do a half an hour workout, that is at least better than nothing, right?

    Oh, also, I highly recommend cutting all your hair off. The fact that I take 3-minute showers, 5 minutes to blow dry, and 2 minutes to style means that I can get up that much later in the morning.

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