Fitness Friday: Up and At ‘Em

Scott and Andrea running I am choosing to focus on the positive of this past week. I only ran twice but I did get up three times at 6am to start my day.

This is HUGE.  I’ve been struggling with getting back into an early morning routine.  Even though I love early mornings and morning workouts, it’s been a challenge to get back into the habit.  Of course I blame poor eating for that.  The more crappy I eat, the more I just want to stay in bed in the mornings.

Duh.

I worked hard this week to make sure that I got to bed early and was able to get up early.  Adopting that habit again isn’t easy but the more I do it, the easier it becomes.  In order for a new behavior to become habit, it has to be done consistently for 14 days.  I’m working on making morning routines the new habit.

This past week, I made sure I got to bed early with plenty of time to read and relax.  Most nights it was lights out by 9:30.  I felt amazing when I did that and I’m looking forward to more of those evenings.

Scott said that he wanted to start running again.  We seem to go through this cycle of him running for a bit and then phasing out.  This time I hope he sticks with it!  He’s been getting up in the mornings with me and we have been running first thing.  Even though I have always viewed morning runs as “me time”, it’s nice to have company.  It motivates me a little more to get up and get moving.

And yes we are still at a mile.  But with sleeping habits changing and eating habits changing, I see us being able to up the mileage very soon.

Did you get a chance to move this week?

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