The early bird gets the calories burned

I have never ever in my life been a morning person. If you have been reading my blog you know I have problems falling asleep (oh Ambien, am I going to be dependant on you?) And I also have problems waking up in the morning. I have 5 alarms set to go off at approximate 15 minute intervals (2 on my alarm clock and 3 on my cell phone). Despite having 5 alarms signaling the arrival of daybreak I still oversleep. I hit the snooze before I have even registered what is going on (on all 5 alarms) and I roll back over and snuggle deeper into my covers. Before I know it I roll over to look at the clock and it is 7:00 (or worse 7:30) and I am already running late (again).

But I have come to the conclusion I am going to have to force myself to become a morning person. I have tried fitting in my workouts at the end of my day, but something always throws me off track. And with all the dating I am hopefully going to be doing, it would be better to get my workouts out of the way in the wee hours of the early morning so I can be available after work for fun stuff.

This is going to be a difficult process. I have moved all my alarms back one hour and want to be up and moving by 5:30 every morning. But so far that has not worked out. I still hit the snooze and roll over to fall back asleep. Maybe I should set them on the opposite side of the room so I will have to get out of bed to hit the snooze?

I thought about also sleeping in my workout gear so that I will be ready to jump out of bed and hit the gym (or hit the pavement in my neighborhood with Cam if the weather is nice.) I have the best of intentions, so why can’t I get out of bed in the mornings?

I have to figure out how to do this because my pants seem to be getting tighter by the minute and my knees ache from inactivity. I have approximately 18 months to get in the best shape of my life and I have a feeling it is going to take at least that long to accomplish! If I want to head to the water park in a bikini and not feel self-conscious next summer, I need to get crackin! I mean honestly, if I want to wear a bathing suit period this summer I need to do something now.

Maybe I should just hire someone, give him or her a key, and pay them to drag me out of bed every morning? Or better yet, I wish I could just pay someone to go work out for me and transfer those calories burned to me while I get that extra hour of sleep every morning! A girl can dream right?