Family makeover diary: Month 3

Despina's diary
It is hard to believe we are already into Month 3 of our makeover. It sure has been a busy couple of months! In fact, I am finding it difficult getting used to a new routine. It seems we are so busy now.

George and I have both incorporated regular exercise into our lives, both of us going to the gym minimally 3 times a week. I have changed my workout time to the mornings so I am getting up at 5:15 a.m. in order to be at the gym at 5:45. I do a 10 to 15 minute workout on the cross-trainer and then Sue meets me at 6 a.m. for the weight training part. Because of the early hours, I have to get to bed earlier. This has been a big change for me. I used to stay up until midnight, maybe even 12:30 a.m. but not anymore. That was one of the first things Sue wanted me to change. My body needs rest with all the workouts. I found out pretty quickly that I couldn't manage on 5 hours sleep!

George, on the other hand, prefers going to the gym in the evening. He usually heads out at 8:30 or so and isn't back until 10-ish. Just around the time I am heading to bed. Our schedules are very mixed up at this point.

I am "time starved" at this point. The expression "time starved" seems so appropriate. I need more time in the day to make everything work. We were busy before but now we have added a lot more. In a 24-hour day, I am trying to fit in an eight-hour workday, plus the drive to and back from Toronto every day, plus workouts in the morning 3 times per week, plus 1/2 an hour of cardio workouts another 3 times a week, plus 2 very active girls, plus a house, plus family, plus LIFE. Ahhhhh!

I really want this makeover to work. I am so excited about what this could mean for all of us. I have talked with Cassandra a couple of times about figuring out how to make this work in my life. We have come up with some strategies that I am trying out and will talk about over the next few months.

One thing that keeps me going and makes me work even harder is seeing the changes, seeing the successes, concrete evidence that my workouts are making a difference. This is definitely a high point for me because after 9 weeks of going to the gym I have lost 13-1/2 pounds and 12-1/2 inches!!! I am so excited! Family and friends are noticing the difference too and that gives more validity to the process. Yeah!!!