Yes! Add me :) Well first of all I finally began to medicate my ADHD which although it makes me a wonderful teacher really did affect my eating since that was my means to focus. Need to grade? SNACK TIME! You'll see it in my journal but what I really tried to do were these things: 1. Start slow, and when I don't wanna go, I don't go. (I went from hating physical exercise and going to the gym for 20 minutes to now working out 75 minutes). 2. Find a gym you love and that works for you. My gym is 24/7 and since I'm a late night person I can hit it up whenever I want whether is 4 am before school or at midnight. 3. Make it a routine/lifestyle. For example my boyfriend last night asked me if I wanted to skip the gym and stay at home and watch a movie with him . . .Perfect out right? I told him I needed to go and he was fine with it! 4. Get rid of the guilt. My workouts typically burn 800-1200 calories so if I want to eat McDonald's or have custard then I'm going to have it. But I'm not going to have it ALL and EVERYDAY. And when I do have it I don't have that overwhelming sense of guilt that I find invariably leads to failure.
Bottom line with school starting. . .if you're busy (and I mean really busy like parent teacher conferences, etc) and you can't go to the gym, then you can't go. Then when you go home go for a 30 minute walk, or clean your house, etc. . . you only need 60-90 minutes of exercise 5 times a week to lose weight, and that's MODERATE exercise (experts compare it to vacuuming, biking, etc).
I think the biggest thing I'll notice about my change is my energy level. I was a 1st year teacher last year, would make it home at 4:30 and "take a nap" until 7-8 pm. I KNOW I don't need that anymore :)
You'll see it in my journal but what I really tried to do were these things:
1. Start slow, and when I don't wanna go, I don't go. (I went from hating physical exercise and going to the gym for 20 minutes to now working out 75 minutes).
2. Find a gym you love and that works for you. My gym is 24/7 and since I'm a late night person I can hit it up whenever I want whether is 4 am before school or at midnight.
3. Make it a routine/lifestyle. For example my boyfriend last night asked me if I wanted to skip the gym and stay at home and watch a movie with him . . .Perfect out right? I told him I needed to go and he was fine with it!
4. Get rid of the guilt. My workouts typically burn 800-1200 calories so if I want to eat McDonald's or have custard then I'm going to have it. But I'm not going to have it ALL and EVERYDAY. And when I do have it I don't have that overwhelming sense of guilt that I find invariably leads to failure.
Bottom line with school starting. . .if you're busy (and I mean really busy like parent teacher conferences, etc) and you can't go to the gym, then you can't go. Then when you go home go for a 30 minute walk, or clean your house, etc. . . you only need 60-90 minutes of exercise 5 times a week to lose weight, and that's MODERATE exercise (experts compare it to vacuuming, biking, etc).
I think the biggest thing I'll notice about my change is my energy level. I was a 1st year teacher last year, would make it home at 4:30 and "take a nap" until 7-8 pm. I KNOW I don't need that anymore :)
And I'll add you back too!
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