Fighting The Alarm Clock

I set my alarm for 5:00 this morning. I always set it for about 20 minutes before I actually need to get up so I can hit the snooze a few times (it's a mental thing...I know I'm not the only person who does this.) I woke up at 4:55 on my own. At first I thought, "I should just get up now so that I don't get tired again and over sleep" but then my mind went to, "but five more minutes of sleep sounds good...I'll get up at 5:00. That's still earlier than I planned."

My famous last words: "5 more minutes."

At 5:00, I hit snooze. At 5:05, I hit it again. This went on for a while. I even ignored the cute little messages I left for myself on my cell phone that said "You can do it! Go work out!" and then "Seriously, Amy. Get up now!" (I know myself really well, apparently.) At 5:40, I finally got out of bed, but even after waking up I kept giving myself excuses for why I couldn't go to the gym.

"There's not enough time now. I have to start getting ready for work." and "I'll just work out when I get home tonight."

Amazingly, I found the strength to get out of bed and walk the very short (but somehow extremely daunting) walk to the gym. I did the treadmill for 20 minutes. And, instead of just walking the whole time, I did intervals of walking and running (i.e. slow jogging). Yes, I realize this is not a grueling work out, but it's better than not doing anything! I'm still in the "trying to make working out a habit" stage of this process, so any time I actually get off my butt and do something physical is a pretty big accomplishment. Hopefully it will give me the energy boost I need today!