Trying to get into a routine

So I am pretty impressed with myself lately. In law school I reverted back to college habits…sleeping in until 9 (…or 10am), heading to class, and then staying up way too late at night to do work. This schedule did put a strain on our relationship when CP wasn’t traveling because I would head to bed so much later than him. I knew that once I had a regular work day I would be able to fall back into a pattern of getting up at a working hour.

Now that I have been going to the gym, I have been waking up at 5:30am Tues and Thur to commute an hour, then rush to make a 45 minute step class before work. The other three days I have been waking up at 6am, working all day and then heading to the gym afterwards. I believe that I need to change my strategy because in order to make the bus home after the gym on MWF, I have only been able to fit in 30 minute workouts. That is just enough time to get a run/ walk in on the treadmill, but nothing else. So, I guess that means a 5:30am wake up every day. *Sigh*

It hasn’t been too hard so far, but it is getting colder and this week the sun is not even up by the time I get to step class. How disheartening.

So other than being proud of getting myself to the gym, I also decided to sign up for www.fitday.com. Basically it is a website where you put all of your food intake for the day, along with exercise, your moods, etc. It gives you a bunch of helpful charts- a pie chart showing you how much of your intake was carbs, fat, and protein, another chart showing you where you stand on the recommended daily intake for essential nutrients and vitamins, etc. I decided to go with this website because it is free and my company allows access to it.

The first couple of days I thought that I wasn’t eating a lot of calories, but as soon as I started adding everything up I was shocked. A banana has 100 calories? And I realized that the first thing that had to go? My daily cup of hot chocolate (150 calories!). So now I have chai tea (0 calories). Not quite as tasty, but at least it has some caffeine in it. My fruit intake has slowed because although it is healthy and good for you, there are simply more calories in a banana than celery. And boy do I eat a lot of carbs in the morning- YIKES! The site is definitely a wake up call and will hopefully help me achieve my weight loss goal.

Fitness magazines say that it takes 3 weeks to get into a routine. So far I am halfway there. :-)