working in working out

CRN has posted some good tips on how to integrate your workouts into the rest of your life. The author's #1 idea was to get up early, way early. I've tried this with the helpful advice of others. I have even succeeded at this once or twice, but I have always slid back into getting up as late as possible. Getting up early is one of the hardest things in the world for me to do. I am just not a morning person.

But I am also frustrated because I have been frequently finding myself at 21:00 or 22:00 wondering what happened to the day. I had every intention of going to run, but before I knew it, it was beddy-bye time. I like to think of myself as a reasonably smart person under most circumstances and in many contexts. But when it comes to doing things that would actually make my life easier and better [like Christmas shopping earlier than the week of Christmas], I can be quite stupid. Mr. Logic tells me that if I got up at 5:00 and ran, I would have it out of the way. I would jack up my metabolism earlier in the day and burn more calories, thus losing more weight. I wouldn't have to carry around that open loop -- "must work out" -- in my head all day.

I wish there was a hack out there, some simple solution, to the problem of setting one's alarm for 5:00 or 5:30 and actually getting out of bed and doing that which needs doing. There isn't as far as I know. I just have to do it. Or I have to make peace with carrying around the open loop all day.

*sigh*

Tomorrow.

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