Today my husband and I started P90X together. I've been on and off the P90X bandwagon for awhile. I've gotten derailed by different circumstances and I keep trying to hop back on. Whenever I happen to not be working out I always miss it but simultaneously dread it. I find as I keep pushing myself to keep going, I dread it less and less. The more I work out, the better I feel about myself and I need to keep focusing on that to push through the difficult days.
The great thing about today is the stars aligned for us. any parent knows how hard it is to find that one perfect time to do anything without interruption. The more kids you have, the more difficult it can be. Today we were incredibly lucky that our three girls all decided to take a nap long enough for us to do our Chest & Back workout (Ab Ripper X will come after they go to bed but is less than 20 minutes and not hard to fit in). Our oldest was happily playing some train games on the computer, score! My goal is for at least me to start working out earlier in the day, alone. I plan on working out in the mornings before the kids wake up, or at least have my breakfast before they wake up so that I can workout while they have breakfast. This will allow me to distract them so my husband can get his workouts in when he is home from work. On weekends we can work out together.
The problem I generally face with working out late at night is sometimes a kid has a bad night and wakes up, usually the littlest one who needs to be nursed. This usually pushes my workouts back farther than I'd like and also means I'm so energized afterwards that I can't fall asleep at a decent time. It's really a vicious cycle.
What are you doing to ensure that you can fit in your workouts?
