Well, I gave it a serious try. I got up between 4:50 - 5:10 a.m. to workout for a few weeks. I really wanted to make it work. It just didn't. I forced myself thinking I'd make it a habit, and that part did work. I did start getting up without too much of a problem. But the issue is, everything else suffered. First, I just didn't have much strength or coordination in the morning. There's no way in hell I could do a complicated step routine (which usually, I'm pretty good at). Also, I was just not lifting the same amounts.
Then, during the day, I dragged. I just wasn't alert. DH didn't like it either...he said I wasn't myself for weeks plus he was always startled by my alarm going off "in the dead of night." Last, my sleep suffered. Just knowing that I had to get up that early made it hard for me to sleep! As much as I loved having it done in the morning with the whole evening to do whatever I wanted, it just wasn't worth it to me. I think it may be different if I was working out at 6:30 or 7:00 a.m. But starting at 5:00 a.m.? Call me a wimp, but it isn't happening anymore.
So, this week I allowed myself to go back to my late afternoon/early evening workouts right after work. Man, I feel sooo much better. I'm back to lifting my normal weights and I'm not stumbling all over myself. My assistant said to me today, "wow, you seem like your old self today!" I asked her if I was being crabby before, and she (trying to be diplomatic) said, "well, let's just say I haven't seen your toothy smile or heard one of your hyena laughs for about a month!" I told her she wouldn't have to worry about missing my cackling anymore! I'm keeping to a normal sleep schedule from now on!
1 comment:
Sounds like you are just NOT a morning person. No sense in trying to force yourself to do something that doesn't work for you. If working out in the afternoons/evenings works for you, stick with it! I am the opposite and am a morning person so I know that if I tried to force myself to do evening workouts, I would have the same reaction that you had to morning workouts. You're doing great - especially with your workouts!!!! (And by the way, I sympathize with your cookie addiction)
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