I hear about sleep schedules quite often from my sister who has two boys, ages 4 and 2. Last week I felt like a baby being sleep trained.
Deciding to make sleep a priority took discipline. I set my bed time between 9:30-10:00 and stuck to it, except for one night. Thursday night, I stayed up late and slept in, but got right back on schedule Saturday night.
When creating any new habit, it takes time to adjust. I’m still going to continue to work on making this a priority because getting to work at 6am is never easy no matter what time I go to bed.
Goal For this Week:
Practice thankfulness. Instead of having any negative thoughts going into week 19 of the longest marathon training cycle ever, I’m going to focus on everything I have to be thankful for from the extra weeks of training.
One of the things I’m thankful for is how much I’ve learned. Marathon training mimics life in so many ways and the lessons I’ve learned since January have been invaluable.
SIDI for the week of May 13th
I will have an attitude of gratitude for everything that comes my way this week.
How did you do on your goals last week?
What is your SIDI goal for this week or if you prefer the old SIDI style, what workouts are you committing to this week?
Jen says
I unfortunately kept up my poor sleep habits last week, but I’ve noticed my body wakes me up by 8 AM, so if I go to bed after midnight thinking I’ll just sleep in a bit, it doesn’t work out. I wish I had a schedule right now, but since it’s the exam period and I’m just writing papers, my workout classes are the only thing giving my schedule structure!
Kate says
I think working on thankfulness is a good idea. I have really started to work harder on being in the moment.
Kristy says
Wish I could make a sleep commitment goal. It’s tough when you wake up at 3:30 in the morning completely unable to go aback to sleep…like today!
Jennifer says
I am committing to doing my elliptical on level 10 for 30 minutes at least three times this week and then do my strength training with my stability ball twice this week.
Kim says
It’s difficult to make a goal and stay to it, but I do my best. Today I did 40 sit-ups as planned and I felt great about it.
Kelly Yamauchi says
Right now, I have a good sleeping habit. Actually, I forced myself to make this as a routine because too much work out without correct sleeping habit is destructive to our health. I usually sleep between 9 – 10 pm. I wake up fresh and healthy each morning. 😀
Carli says
I have agreed to train a pretty intense fitness class three times a week this month. It includes plyo, kickboxing, and weight lifting…I hope I’m up to the challenge because it’s very different than my usual Pilates. But I love intense, it’s just hard to talk through it like I can with Pilates.