Day 52 and 53 bumped up together.

I'm discovering that if you want to do anything consistently, not only do you have to plan to do it but plan for it. Its too easy to get up and get busy with your regular to do and bypass something new that isn't exactly fun like working out. If your not used to going to the gym, its essential that you make time for it until its as much a part of your day as brushing your teeth before y you leave the house. Part of my challenge has been to get up earlier. Now, I realize that getting up earlier will allow me to go to the gym right away. For the duration of this challenge so far, I have not wanted to wake up and go to the gym. I am an extremely grumpy person when I first wake up and it takes me a while to get acclimated to being out of bed. I have always loved sleep. Always. I have to find a good balance for me that still satisfies my sleep appetite. Every person has this challenge when they first start working out, whether it be that they love eating too many sweets and have to find a way to curb it or sleeping in and avoid the gym. I happen to have a few things that are conflicting with my goal. I find when I work out though, I'm more apt to want healthier foods. I also read somewhere that because we burn calories when we eat, that at times when our body is actually craving exercise it will tell you to go chew but we hear the message as Macaroni and Cheese at midnight. Sometimes our bodies are tired and we had too much sugar or caffeine earlier in the day so our brains our energized and we avoid sleep. Then the cravings for more sugar and caffeine happen to re-energize a tired body. Its a vicious circle. I think its hard especially for entertainers, restaurant people, and anyone else that works in the late night industry because our internal clocks are all whacked out. When your used to going to be bed at 3 or 4 am, than getting up at 10 am seems early. Any who, I am set on getting to bed by midnight when possible and getting up no later than 10:30 am. I will be more apt to getting in a work out earlier and not missing out because of my daily to do.