{"id":599,"date":"2010-09-24T12:58:32","date_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hnetalk.com\/?p=599"},"modified":"2010-09-24T12:58:32","modified_gmt":"2010-09-24T16:58:32","slug":"too-busy-to-work-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/2010\/09\/24\/too-busy-to-work-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Busy to Work Out?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spice:<\/strong>\u00a0 Ok, so I\u2019ve maintained my weight loss since the slim fast program.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Continued daily calorie sanity.\u00a0 Not. Fun.\u00a0 Do I still have in my kitchen all the stuff I love to eat?\u00a0 Yes, yes I do.<\/p>\n

Am I eating it?\u00a0 No. But I want to eat those football shaped Oreo\u2019s and the little miniature chocolate bars meant for the trick-or-treaters (an entire month away \u2013 what was my husband thinking????)\u00a0<\/p>\n

So with deprivation, why haven\u2019t I continued to lose?\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s because\u00a0 I can\u2019t figure out when to fit exercise into my day.\u00a0 Help me.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s my schedule:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wake at 5:30am, shower, dress, breakfast for family, feed pets, put in load of laundry, straighten house so that OCD husband doesn\u2019t flip out\u2026<\/p>\n

Leave for work at 7:30am<\/p>\n

Arrive for work at 9am<\/p>\n

Leave for home at 5pm<\/p>\n

Arrive at home 6:30pm<\/p>\n

Immediately begin preparing dinner, feed pets, empty dishwasher, put away laundry, oversee homework and saxophone practice.<\/p>\n

Collapse on sofa at 9pm after youngest is in bed<\/p>\n

Asleep by 10pm.<\/p>\n

When and how can I exercise with this schedule?\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sugar:<\/strong> Yikes!\u00a0 Not sure I could stay away from Oreo\u2019s. I can see the fitness challenge\u2026.did you know I use to do the 90 minute commute too?!\u00a0 Here are your options:<\/p>\n

Option A:\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure you are going to like my answer but what I did and still do is wake up extra early 3 days a week and meet my friend at the gym then head into work.\u00a0 So now I live 50 minutes away.\u00a0 I leave the house at 4:10 am hit the gym for 5, in the the office for 7 am.\u00a0\u00a0 In your case, maybe leave at 6? Gym 7:30. Work for 9?<\/p>\n

Option B: Break your work out into 10 minute increments.\u00a0 10:30 am do the stairs for 10 minutes. 12:00 walk Tower Square for 30 minutes.\u00a0 2:30 Hit the stairs again for 10.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I am slightly worried about the deprivation\u2026isn\u2019t moderation the key?\u00a0 Maybe one Oreo won\u2019t hurt\u2026hmmm now I sound like a diet saboteur!!<\/p>\n

Spice:<\/strong>\u00a0 4:10 AM??!?!\u00a0 Are you insane?!<\/em>\u00a0 I can\u2019t think of a single thing in life worth enough for me to get out of bed at 4am.\u00a0 I\u2019d rather keep my fat butt than do that!\u00a0<\/p>\n

I must be my own diet saboteur.\u00a0 (By the way, just as an aside, I love using French words.)\u00a0 However, I do like the suggestions of breaking things down.\u00a0 I honestly believe I can do it.\u00a0 It\u2019s workable.<\/p>\n

Hey, quick question:\u00a0 Do you think walking around the BIG E all day cancels out eating the fried butter or no?\u00a0\u00a0 Just asking\u2026.<\/p>\n

Sugar:<\/strong> Hey, I said you could leave at 6 am. You could at least give it a try for a week and see if it is doable? Okay, Okay I can feel your fierce stare from here.\u00a0\u00a0 The Big E, well\u2026. if not the fried butter then what about the fried jelly beans? fried Oreo\u2019s?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Come on\u2026wouldn\u2019t you get out of bed early for a fried Oreo?<\/p>\n

Spice:<\/strong>\u00a0 unfortunately, yes, I believe I might.\u00a0 Oh, and guess what?\u00a0 I just walked the stairs from 14 to 19!\u00a0 Whoo-hoo!\u00a0 Thanks, Sugar!<\/p>\n

Sugar:<\/strong>\u00a0 So you tell us\u2026what would motivate you to get up extra early??\u00a0 Fried Oreo\u2019s, skinny jeans?\u00a0 We\u2019d love to know!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Spice:\u00a0 Ok, so I\u2019ve maintained my weight loss since the slim fast program.\u00a0 How?\u00a0 Continued daily calorie sanity.\u00a0 Not. Fun.\u00a0 Do I still have in my kitchen all the stuff I love to eat?\u00a0 Yes, yes I do. Am I eating it?\u00a0 No. But I want to eat those football shaped Oreo\u2019s and the little […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goals-and-motivation","category-training-tips"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6ZZxW-9F","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/599\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hnetalk.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}