I woke up at 5:30 a.m. with thoughts of what to do for my morning run filling my head ... after taking Easter day off (and consuming large amounts of bunny-shaped chocolate) I was eager to get outside and get moving. My plan was to do a nice slow-paced, flat 8 miles and really stretch things out. I drifted off to sleep only to be woken up an hour later by the sound of spattering rain on my window. Ugh. More rain. More wind.
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| Who wants to run in hail ... ??? |
Plan B
Not feeling gung-ho about facing the elements and running in the soggy mess, I re-planned my morning to include a quick trip to the grocery store, followed by an intense circuit training routine at home. Apparently not on my shopping game today, I kept having to back-track at the grocery store for missed items ... annoying! My trip was anything but quick. And then I remembered I needed to stop at the post office. And drop overdue books at the library. And stop in at the elementary school. By the time I got home and put groceries away it was time to pick my youngest up from school. Adios to Plan B.
Plan C
Lunchtime arrived and I was starving ... no way could I work out with that hunger, I'd be useless. So I told myself I'd eat lunch, give it an hour or so and then Plan C: do a workout video before the older kids were home. Then the skies darkened and the house shuddered, literally. Mother Nature blessed us with yet another spring storm and it poured, and poured, and hailed. Mother Nature is a fickly lady! It was way too tempting to cuddle up in a blanket and watch Toy Story for the millionth time with my little guy. Plan C ... eh, just on hold for a bit ...
Now if the weather is going to act downright winterish, I start feeling downright winterish and that means I get the urge to bake something. That, in combination with the quickly deteriorating bunch of bananas on the counter, got me thinking I better whip up some banana muffins for the kiddos. There's always time to bake! I actually think I use it quite often as a procrastination tool for putting off something I'm dreading ... today it was a way to delay that evasive, blasted workout. The day was quickly getting away from me and there was no Plan D in sight ... but by goodness we have Banana Pumpkin Walnut muffins for the morning!!!
The oldest kiddos arrived home ... which means HOMEWORK! Yippee! More procrastination. Homework was light tonight, however, and we breezed right through it. No more baking to be done. Dinner will be easy tonight, so nothing to prep. No ballet practice ... no football practice ... no more excuses, Yvonne. I was even still dressed in my exercise clothes I'd donned early this morning way back when Plan B was still a possibility. The kids were bored (and banned from their Ninetendo DS's) so I rallied the troops and challenged them to complete a workout video with me.
And they accepted. Enter Plan D. I think I was half-expecting (half-hoping) there would be whining and protesting and I'd just have to give up any ideas of burning calories today. But they were excited! They quickly changed into "workout clothes" and I could hear them competing for most pushups and crunches in the basement while they waited for me to come get everything ready. Now, my kids have shown interest before, always petering out a few minutes into the workout with claims that it's too hard and they are too tired -- but not today! They all kept with it ... cheering each other, AND ME, the whole way. It. Was. Awesome. I got my workout in ... my kids got some fantastic exercise to boot ... and the best part is they want to make it a Monday night tradition. Way to keep me motivated kiddos!
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| Bustin' a move ... family style! |
The video we did was one of my favorite Jillian Michael's videos, Banish Fat, Boost Metabolism ... I love her stuff because it's quick, but you feel like you get a good calorie-burn in. (I was surprised at how many of her moves my kids knew from PE classes at school ... three cheers for elementary physical education!)
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