Either Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred DVD or interval training on my elliptical. On days when I’m really pressed for time, I will do a 20-minute interval workout. Honestly, next to prayer and taking care of the basic needs of my family, my workout is the most important thing I do all day.Ĥ. If you treat it as a top priority, it’s much more likely you will shift other things around to make it happen. Schedule it in as you would any other important appointment so your family knows this is just what you do. Well, gym clothes or flip-flops and tank tops.ģ. I pretty much just live in work out clothes so I never really have an excuse. If you work outside the home, or spend lots of time carting kiddos from place to place, having your gym bag in the car will make it much more likely you will stop at the gym on your way home from wherever you’ve been. And then, voila, it’s over and you can move on with your day.Ģ. But once you are up and doing it, you will feel really good. I’m the girl who loves sleep more than just about anything. Set your alarm a little earlier, set out your workout clothes the night before, roll into your clothes as you roll out of bed, and just do it. If you, too, struggle with finding the time to exercise, here are some tips I recommend:ġ. Some weeks are more difficult than others. Especially during weeks like the last few, where I was preparing for a weekly teaching opportunity at church, trying to coordinate conflicting baseball schedules with my children and all hell was breaking loose at home. I admit, even for Fitness Friday Girl, finding a time to work out consistently is a constant challenge. But I’m in my work out clothes, looking for the next available opportunity to do so. Yes, I WAS going somewhere with all of that!Įven as I write-very late on Friday morning, I might add-I have yet to work out and am not quite sure when I will do it today. Specifically, how difficult it is to find TIME to work out when you are a Corporate Trophy Wife with little Trophy Kids, running a little Trophy household.Īnd I thought it was just so Trophy-ironic, because that is exactly what I planned on talking about this week in my Fitness Friday post! But she did it too, so I didn’t feel all that embarassed.īut also at this fancy shmancy soiree Derby thingie, I got into an interesting conversation with some other corporate wives in fancy shmancy shoes about working out. And now all my husband’s co-workers know how I usually behave in public. To which she responded, “ Yes, we met at that one party where you and I sang ‘ Play That Funky Music White Boy’ to the karaoke machine.” X in my best Corporate Wife Fancy Shmancy Derby Soiree voice, “ You look familiar, have we met before?” Which, by the way, would make a great title for a country song.Īnd just to prove my point about me not being Corporate Trophy Wife Material, here is a true story: Last night as my husband was introducing me to Doctor X and his wife Mrs. I would much rather be in flip-flops and tank tops.
It’s like a costume party for me, because I am so NOT Corporate Trophy Wife material. Then I get all dressed up with my fancy-shmancy dress and my fancy-shmancy shoes, eat fancy-shmancy finger foods and play the role of Corporate Trophy Wife. He works for a hospital system, and every year they reserve Churchill Downs Derby Museum and pack the place with hundreds of doctors and hospital executives, each accompanied by their fancy-shmancy significant-others. The soiree I go to every year is hosted my by husband’s company. Anyway, it’s Kentucky Derby Time here in the great city of Louisville, so people are having these fancy-shmancy Derby soirees all over the ‘Ville. I like to say to word “soiree,” because it sounds all fancy-like.