Re: Finding Time

[Guest guest]

Bill and W wrote:

> What are some of the ways you make sure to carve out time to work out?

> I'm a reporter, so my hours are beyond bizarre.

hi valerie!

i think that you are going to have to be as flexible with your

workout schedule as you are with your work schedule.

ive found it helpful to identify some 'windows of opportunity' that i

can use each day, depending on the day's circumstances.

for example, i have 10am-1130am, 130pm-3pm, 6pm-730pm and some nights

i might also have 830pm-930pm.

(as you can see, im not a morning person either, so i would never get

up early especially to workout)

so say you know that you arent going to start work until 1030am, then

you can use your 'early' window of, say, 800am-930am for your

workout. or, if you know that you are going to work early, then use

your 'late afternoon' or 'early evening' window for working out.

set the windows, pick one depending on what else you are doing that

day, and just do it!

also, if im going to use my evening window for my workout, i like to

make supper for us and i will eat a *small* amount of it before

working out. later in the evening, i might eat more of the supper

left-overs if im still hungry.

i dont know if this helps, but it is pretty much what i do.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

I'm a SAHM at the moment and I have to simply use my windows of opportunity as well. I've been trying to get up in the morning, but I get soo fustrated becuz even if I get up at 5:30 it doesn't seem to be enough time..grr... I HATE getting interrupted (just like Donna said), and I find myself just as ornery with my morning workout as I do w/ an afternoon one. It seems no matter how early I get up, then they just get up that much earlier..grr Also, if I do get up early to workout I am wiped out by evening and biting off my son's ear cuz I'm so tired and grumpy! I have been trying to get to bed earlier, but it's so hard, either cuz they aren't sleeping or I finally have some peace and quiet in the house....

Today I worked out in the afternoon cuz I had one up at 5:30 and then by the time I got him to sleep, the other one woke up..grr... Tomorrow, I am going to attempt it again, but will not promise myself anything.

Darcy

On 2/22/06, Carolyn or Visser <pvisser@...> wrote:

Bill and W wrote:> What are some of the ways you make sure to carve out time to work out?

> I'm a reporter, so my hours are beyond bizarre.hi valerie!i think that you are going to have to be as flexible with yourworkout schedule as you are with your work schedule.ive found it helpful to identify some 'windows of opportunity' that i

can use each day, depending on the day's circumstances.for example, i have 10am-1130am, 130pm-3pm, 6pm-730pm and some nightsi might also have 830pm-930pm.(as you can see, im not a morning person either, so i would never get

up early especially to workout)so say you know that you arent going to start work until 1030am, thenyou can use your 'early' window of, say, 800am-930am for yourworkout. or, if you know that you are going to work early, then use

your 'late afternoon' or 'early evening' window for working out.set the windows, pick one depending on what else you are doing thatday, and just do it!also, if im going to use my evening window for my workout, i like to

make supper for us and i will eat a *small* amount of it beforeworking out. later in the evening, i might eat more of the supperleft-overs if im still hungry.i dont know if this helps, but it is pretty much what i do.

:*carolyn.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My schedule isn't as erratic as yours but I do understand your

frustratrion of when & how to fit in all your workouts. While I am a

morning person, it does take me awhile to ease into the day. I'm

trying to do Pilates or Yoga in the morning and my regular workouts

at night. Anyway, back to your question.

My question to you is why you want to workout 6 days a week? 3-4

times is awesome, you should be very proud of yourself that you're

able to do that (most people can't). Is your goal to lose more

weight? If that's the case then perhaps you could increase the

intensity not the length of your workout. Consider changing your

workout so your body is challenged in a different way. If your goal

is to maintain, then at this point in your life you may just have to

be content with the fact that you can only workout 3-4 times a week.

When the opportunity arises for an additional workout - take it.

Maybe you and your husband can do something together like hiking,

it's fun and it's a workout and you'd be together.

That's my two cents. Good luck.

Debra

>

> What are some of the ways you make sure to carve out time to work

out? I'm a reporter, so my hours are beyond bizarre. Yesterday, for

example, I went in at 10:30 a.m. and got home about 8:30 p.m. because

I had to cover a meeting. This morning I had to be somewhere at 8

a.m. to cover an event at a junior high school. My body clock is

completely screwed up with this kind of thing and while I prefer to

exercise at night (I am NOT a morning person), when I get home late

and haven't had supper, I can't face waiting yet another hour or so

to eat until after I've exercised -- and it isn't fair to make my

husband wait, either. Yet it takes me a long time in the morning to

wake up and feel like a human being, so I can't really do it then. I

manage to do it three or four times a week, but I'd really rather do

it six times and take only one day off. Sigh.

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, I don't need to lose weight, but I just feel livelier and more alert when I get my exercise in. I don't like missing a day. When spring comes and the days are longer, we can walk our basset in the evenings, but it's dark when I get home most days, so I have to do something indoors.

Re: finding time

Hi ,My schedule isn't as erratic as yours but I do understand your frustratrion of when & how to fit in all your workouts. While I am a morning person, it does take me awhile to ease into the day. I'm trying to do Pilates or Yoga in the morning and my regular workouts at night. Anyway, back to your question. My question to you is why you want to workout 6 days a week? 3-4 times is awesome, you should be very proud of yourself that you're able to do that (most people can't). Is your goal to lose more weight? If that's the case then perhaps you could increase the intensity not the length of your workout. Consider changing your workout so your body is challenged in a different way. If your goal is to maintain, then at this point in your life you may just have to be content with the fact that you can only workout 3-4 times a week. When the opportunity arises for an additional workout - take it. Maybe you and your husband can do something together like hiking, it's fun and it's a workout and you'd be together. That's my two cents. Good luck.Debra >> What are some of the ways you make sure to carve out time to work out? I'm a reporter, so my hours are beyond bizarre. Yesterday, for example, I went in at 10:30 a.m. and got home about 8:30 p.m. because I had to cover a meeting. This morning I had to be somewhere at 8 a.m. to cover an event at a junior high school. My body clock is completely screwed up with this kind of thing and while I prefer to exercise at night (I am NOT a morning person), when I get home late and haven't had supper, I can't face waiting yet another hour or so to eat until after I've exercised -- and it isn't fair to make my husband wait, either. Yet it takes me a long time in the morning to wake up and feel like a human being, so I can't really do it then. I manage to do it three or four times a week, but I'd really rather do it six times and take only one day off. Sigh.> >

[Guest guest]

> Did you know the fact that according to some group (I can't remember

what

> he quoted, AHA or something medically LOL) but according to their

statement,

> if you " merely " exercise for 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week, you are

> STILL considered sedentary??!!

>

> Oh.My.Gosh.

I know when the US Gov changed the food pyramid a year or so ago to the

present My Pyramid format they added exercise, and for normal weight

people they're supposed to get a minimum of 60 minutes of exercise daily

and for weight loss the recommendation is for 90 minuts. This is over

and above your normal, everyday activities.

> I honestly do not exercise 7 days a week. I schedule one day off per

> week, which they say is ok, but even at that, you should have an

" active " day

> off, meaning you should go for a light walk or something.

I know always says you should exercise for every day you

plan to eat. When his SlimAway Everyday package came out he would

schedule one of his included videos for 6 days of the week and you were

to do an hour of walking on Sundays. Not a gentle stroll but *your* type

of walking for exercise.

> So, it's no wonder that when I go to the doctor he still says I have

to do

> something different and I am complaining back well I am doing this and

this

> and this and if I am only exercising 30 minutes a day, it isn't

enough.

> It still isn't enough.

I saw my doc April 15th and he repeated his order from the past few

years to do at least an hour every single day of the week. Even if my

food logs are impeccable he still wants me to do all that movement, even

after he was told how badly my hip hurts after 5 minutes of certain

exercises and the plantar fasciitis keeps flaring up (Walking on it has

gotten so bad that even the treadmill walking hurts now!), and how even

mild exercise videos were leaving me so exhausted I would be forced to

take a nap afterwards just to have enough energy go hit a grocery store

or do housework later the same day. I even injure myself using light

hand weights, thanks to neuritis, arthritis and old injuries.

He *did* increase my thyroid med (Finally!), suggested using SparkPeople

to count calories - but not to follow their calorie recommendations -

and again repeat the 60 minutes exercise a day mantra. So far I'm

spending about an hour each day filling in all the logs and gathering

points over there, but it's such a big waste of time.

> I guess it's time to focus more on doing closer to that

> 60 minutes.

If I switch to only the gentlest exercise videos - no impact ones - then

I can manage about 30 minutes a day about 4 days a week, but that's

certainly not going to do much when it comes to weight loss. I tried

using the exercycle we rescued about 2 years ago but it's really

starting to fall apart now and more of a danger than a decent piece of

exercise equipment. I'd really love to have one of those recumbant

excercise bikes but have no room in this apartment for it.

> After Bloomsday (2 weeks)

Wow! It seems so far away when you first mentioned you signed up for it

again for this year. Time is just going by waaaaay too fast!

> I have been treading water for one year. Floating out to the deep

ocean,

> getting a rope tossed to me to tow me back in toward the safety of the

> shore. Drifting back and forth.

I've been like that for decades, but in my case I start to do good then

an injury sidelines me from exercise again. No exercise means increase

in weight, and when I finally can exercise again, it has to be so gentle

that it *might* stop the gain but it's never enough for a loss.

> It's time to give it up again.

Give what up?

>It may mean going digest and being less

> active, it may mean unsubscribing from a couple.

I hope you don't plan on leaving *us*! I count on your posts - even the

ones complaining about all that snow you get - to keep me going, even if

it does take me a week to finally read them (Like this one).

Sue in NJ