Photo by tess taken last weekI can't tell you how good it feels to be on this schedule. I love getting up early and getting ready for the day so it's awesome to have already exercised too. I never get my shower in before I'm bombarded by the morning routine, but usually do that once breakfast has been served.
Ok so now with the irony...all I want to do is get up early to exercise and have a bit of me time, but it seems my days are just starting earlier with no benefits. The last couple of mornings my girls have been getting up one by one earlier than normal. What's up with that? Yesterday I got up and decided to do pilates instead of the treadmil so I stayed in my room to do it. I hadn't been exercising 5 minutes before Tess woke up and then a stream of kids after that. I was bugged. What am I doing up earlier if I don't get the benefit? It happened again today as well. Bella got up as I was headed downstairs (6:30) to walk/run. When I asked her what she was doing she said I told her she could finish Giada, aka everyday italian, she had to stop watching last night. What? Are you kidding me? I forget how literal she takes everything, but then to actually get up...I was shocked. Then Tess got up shortly after that and Megan. Aargh!
With that said, I'm not giving up. Right now I want to, but I can't. I know if I do it will be months before I get on this early schedule and it feels too good to stop. I just wish my kids would cooperate more by sleeping in to their normal time. Is that too much to ask?
Do any of you get up early to exercise?
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Like you I love getting up early. Well, if I make myself I am so glad I did. I find that if I don't exercise right after I take the kids to school at (7:30am) then I feel yucky all day. I love being able to walk every day at 7:45 and am back by 8:30 and showered by 9am. I feel like I can tackle the day that way.
My kids have been getting up WAY early lately too. What is up with that?? Of course mine are a bit earlier (5:30) They normally will sleep until 7am. They go back to sleep in my bed of course which is harder for me to get up when I want.
Sorry for the rambling....seems like I am doing that a lot today!
p.s. what a cool action shot by Tess. (at first I thought you had gotten it off then internet and then I saw your face.) Duh!
I get up at 5:45 to excercise each morning, so that I can do it in peace. My youngest gets up usually around 6-6:30, so as long as I'm going before then, I'm o.k.
Good for you sticking to a routine!!! That's hard to do, no matter what time it is!
I wish I could say that I did get up early and exercise, but instead I have a list of reasons why I don't. I am a night owl and stay up late working on projects. It is the only opportunity I have to get anything done. Ryley is a cat napper so projects during the day are difficult.
Because I am a night person, I cannot get out of bed early. I really do need to make the effort, though. Thanks for the inspiration!
For the past two weeks I've been getting up and going to the gym at 6:30 on MWF. I am not a morning person and it's hard to get up but once I'm there I'm so glad I did and I feel so much better the rest of the day. I've also found that morning is definitely the best time, if I don't get up and go it doesn't happen and I know that so when the alarm goes off I know it's now or never. I also feel like I accomplish so much more during the day. Even if the only thing I accomplish more than usual is exercising I think that's a great "one extra thing".
I've kind of been wanting a treadmill so I could just get on it and go instead of driving to the gym but, I do like that there is no possibility of my kids waking up and foiling my exercise plan when I'm at the gym. Keep at it, I'm sure they'll go back to there normal routine soon! Oh what am I saying there is no "normal" where kids are concerned! Good Luck!
Wow, this post speaks exactly like my own life. Two years ago, I was waking up EVERY morning at 5:00 to run the track near our home. I did this until I was 12 weeks pregnant, and I threw my hip out. Since that day I physically cannot wake up before 7:00. I have been hitting the gym at 9:00, this is just too late. I was just talking to a friend in my ward yesterday about getting out at 5:00 before the kids wake up to run, we both decided we needed two weeks to get mentally ready for it! ;)
Oh, the pain. I would be dying if I were you. How do they know!?
You sound very determined so maybe you will pull it off. Most mothers I know that try to exercise at home (my friend Jamie was just complaining about this the other day) go through this. That is why I have to go to the gym or run outside (when Jared is still home). Good luck!
That is so impressive Amy! I have dreams of exercising before the kids are awake but they are just that...dreams. I am such a night owl and stay up late doing whatever I just don't get up early.
I've been wondering how to crack that code but haven't figured it out yet. I hate alarm clocks and when they go off all I do is hit snooze and roll over. I need help!
What a bummer for you- I would be pretty ticked. Could you make some kind of deal with them to do their own thing if they wake up before a certain time? Like tell Bella that she can do something quietly...I have no clue how receptive your kids would be for that.
I have dreams of exercising in the mornings but there is no way with Mya. I don't know what I am doing wrong- her routine is the same...but she gets up at 5 some days, 6:30 others. If she is up before 6 I put her back in bed and she sometimes goes back to sleep. It makes me feel like a failure that I can't help her sleep. Anyway- don't give up!
When they get up and I am running, they know they have to wait a bit for breakfast. Of course, my youngest is 3.5, so they *get it.* Also, sometimes I turn on PBS - a special treat of Curious George or Dragon Tales and I am set! It is not always *alone* true, but some days I take what I can get. Do yours ever let you work out while they are awake or do you have to stop when they get up?
good for you amy. i have to work out at 12:30 and i hate it because i feel like the entire morning is wasted. i look forward to the day i can get up early, workout and be showered by 9am. sorry to hear about your girls getting up earlier.
Good for you, Amy! I don't know what to say about your girls getting up earlier -- they seem to have a 6th sense. I have done pilates with Phoebe Quinn climbing on me several times lately!
Does your treadmill wake them up? Ours is so noisy! I've found the time that works best for my schedule is 5 a.m., but that is still really hurting my feelings. So, I've been squeezing it in at other inconvenient times -- I need to get over my early morning issues and just do it. I know it will make the day go easier. You've inspired me to hope I might adjust to that hour.
I want to, and I know it would be so much better for me if I did, but I just can't. I've been trying to faitfully get to the gym, but with being sick only got there once this week so far...
I hope the novelty wears off and they start to sleep later!
If I get up really early Landon gets up too and it drives me crazy! I used to try to get up before the kids on Sunday mornings so that I could work on my lesson and have time alone, but every single time Landon would get up and start talking nonstop. So now I sleep in.
Good for you though!
Never. I never get up early to exercize, but your post makes me want to. I have thought lately that I really need to get up earlier than my kids to read and get some time to myself. I am just to lazy to do so. My kids don't wake up until around 8:00. You have inspired me that maybe I can start getting up and doing something for me. I am sorry your kids aren't cooperating. I think that after a time they may get back on schedule and stay asleep for you.
I have the same issue you have. My kids wake up to everything. I used to get up early to exercise, but than they would wake up at 5:30, and well I am not willing to get up at 3:00 am knowing that my tv or me would bring them awake.
One rule we made is that they could not come out of their rooms until 7;00 am. We bought them alarm clocks and they have been great about it.
Don't give up!!! I so know the pain, I would love for my kids to sleepin, but sleeping in around here is 7:00 am.
I can't wait to get back to working out again. I miss the running with friends.
You look so much cuter than I do while exercising in the morning!!!
i had to get on and check out your pic! ( : i LOVE getting up early to exercise but really only after i get to the gym. the actual getting up is not something i think i will ever love. but you already know all of this.
fun visiting last night, even though i'm still not ready today...yes it's 11:40. feeling a tad bit slow today! (:
have a good one!
look at what a babe you are amy!!! great photo! and wow on your dedication... good for you!
I hope you know what a good body you have. I'm sure you work hard to have one, but I think you look hot :).
I think I could get up to exercise (like Crystalyn, not liking it when the alarm goes off, but loving it when I get home) only my husband is out the door by 6:30 and Alexis isn't up for another hour, but if I'm up she'll get up. So I send her on the bus at 8:30 and then I'm off to exercise.
Someday your kids will all me in school and you won't have to be seeing such early morning hours.
Why do kids have a sixth sense built in concerning their parent's wake up time? I used to get up at 6:30 to get ready, but Alex always, without fail, would wake up too. By the time I'd fed him my time was gone, Kaitlin was awake and the shower had to wait. I hope your kids get used to you being awake and start sleeping in again. Early mornings are glorious if you spend them alone.
Love the photo that Tess took!
I have this same exact problem. I hate getting up early but was doing it and found I was loving getting up and getting my exercise in. Sure enough, Eva started waking up earlier. Now I would have to get up at 5:00 to get it done. Arghh!!
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