Success

Hi everyone,

Things over here are busy. Dexter has been sleeping less during the day already, and when he does, he sleeps for short periods of time. He no longer likes being downstairs while I work out, and tonight my shower was about 3 minutes long. I was a bit miserable last night as I only got in a very short interval workout, my tea got cold before I could drink it, I had to get out of my nice hot bath early to tend to my screaming toddler... and so on. I chose to be a Mom, I know that at times (often!) I come last, and while I wouldn't have it any other way, sometimes I would love to be on my own schedule or to be able to do things without interruption.

I hate working out at night, absolutely hate it. Lily finally gets settled around 9:00 these days (bed time is such a nightmare right now), and I typically go to bed at 10:00. I don't want to spend that hour working out, I want to spend it sipping my herbal tea and watching mindless television while scouring the internet for random stuff. I've been trying hard to figure out a way I can work out the amount I want to during a time that works for everyone. I was feeling defeated and assuming I'd just have to cut out some days from my workouts. Then my mantra passed through my head "if you want it, prove it." I want it.

I ordered a dip bar, which came in today, very excited about that. I tried it out and decided I'm going to love it. It's a staple in a lot of the Body Rock workouts, which are 10-20 minutes in length typically, so that's an option I'm going to take advantage of when I know my time is limited. I get out Monday nights for hot yoga and my mother in law has been watching Dexter Friday afternoons so I can get to boot camp. I'm going to write out a schedule each week for specific times I can either get to the gym or work out downstairs. Jeff started the P90X program a few months ago, which I do a lot of as well. The bonus is that our basement now has a lot of useful equipment in it - pull up bars, push up bars, stability ball, resistance bands, and lots of weights.

Part of being successful is in setting up your environment to align with your wants. I want to be active and to shape my body so I am trying to set my life up right now to coincide with that desire. If I am surrounded by opportunities to work out and spend time with people who want the same thing, I am more likely to succeed. How can you set your life up in a way that promotes success?

I set up a Facebook page to discuss clean eating and fitness. I don't think this blog is the best place for that, this blog is for something else, though I'm not sure what! It's for life lessons I guess. My advice, tidbits of inspiration, and random musings on things important to me.

So if you'd like to come visit me there, it's under "Rachel's Fitness and Clean Eating Journey." I weigh in tomorrow and take my second set of progress photos. Perhaps I'll be brave enough to post week 1 and week 4. I must admit, week 1 was pretty frightening!

I'm off to bed now, I have a little man who is bugging me to go! Good night and good luck in all that you do!