Why does life get in the way of my blogging? Ugh. Actually, life gets in the way of a whole lot of things...
So I've got this new job and we have a new dynamic at home, and I'm having trouble getting my act together. Unfortunately, I'm also having trouble finding time to exercise and that really pisses me off. Seriously people, I need my exercise to stay happy. And trust me when I say you all want me to be happy!
The biggest problem is the darkness. Running barefoot in the dark is a lot less fun than running when it's light out. You have to be more careful about stepping on something. You have to wear reflective gear. You have to carry a light. You have to worry about sneaking up on a deer you didn't notice, which then moves and scares the shit out of you, making you step on that acorn you were desperately trying to avoid. Oh, and it might or might not be cold out...
Fortunately for me, I work on the 11th floor of my building. Since I can't find time to run in the evenings, I've started taking the stairs up every morning. Let me tell you, 11 flights of stairs is a pretty decent workout when you try to keep an even pace, and that pace ain't exactly slow. No, I don't run up them; I don't even try. But I do come up at a normal pace and try to keep it even all the way up. I start getting winded around the 8th floor - and by that I just mean that I start feeling like I'm running instead of walking. By the time I get to the 11th floor, my pulse is about 138. That's a halfway decent (although very short) workout.
If I go out for lunch, I take the stairs back down. Depending on what I bring back, I might take them back up again. I worry about carrying food because I'm clumsy and likely to trip and waste the food. But then again, elevators are always full of sick people, coughing on my food (even if it's in a to-go container I worry about that stuff, yes). Plus our elevators here are pretty scary (that's another blog post entirely).
I haven't started doing pushups in my cube yet, but mostly because I haven't had time. I also am trying to wear more dresses these days and I'm worried about someone walking up while I'm doing them. I'm all for "showing it off" but I prefer to do that in the appropriate locales. Even though my bikini covers less than my underwear, there's something about people looking up my skirt that makes me uncomfortable.
I'm truly practicing what I preach these days when it comes to finding time for exercise, and that's a good thing, isn't it?

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