Day 222 (day 5 / week 32)

Today was my first day of work in close to 3 years. Wow. I totally understand why people can't exercise at work, and don't want to after work. I understand this, but I am not going to let it be an obstacle for me. I'm 222 days into this and I am not going to let that stop me! Unfortunately I have a 30 minute break and a couple breaks scattered here, and it is nearly impossible to try to fit exercise in--especially during orientation.

I made the mistake of getting a salad for lunch. I forgot it takes me over 20 minutes to eat one (not a smart thing to bring for lunch if you are crunched for time). I didn't get up early enough to exercise for any amount of time. I read my Quickfire challenges, but the ones I decided to throw in randomly yesterday, was the ones she assigned for us to do today lol. I didn't get a chance to do anything different at work anyway.

However, an opportunity arose while the PT was talking to us about body mechanics and proper posture and stuff. I can't remember what it was about but he asked everyone to stand back against the wall, feet 12 inches apart (shoulder width) and bend our knees to a 90 degree angle (basically a wall sit) and see how long we could last for. Out of 17 of us, I was in the remaining 4 and lasted for about 1.5 mins. Let me tell you, those are tough. I haven't done those since HS when they were required during volleyball practice. The other 3 people were fighting it out for close to 2.5 minutes--the 2 guys backed out, and the final person was a girl. Girls rock :).

After I got home, I sat with my son while he was in a bath, and I did some squats. Four sets of 25 and it took me about 20 minutes I guess. I hate to say that I am going to punk out for the night, but I am exhausted (Monkey Boy woke up like 5 times last night) and I have to be up at 4:30 again tomorrow morning. I am getting up 15 mins earlier than planned, so that I can do something for exercise before work. I am thinking about walking up and down my street, since it will be dark, and I won't be too far home so it's safer. I will focus more on time than distance. I keep forgetting the 10 mins + 10 mins + 10 mins = 30 mins of exercise rule. Awesome. If I can do 15 mins in the morning and 15 in the evening, that might be nice.

Thank you for all of your first day of work well wishes! Tomorrow we have a "test" which will be interesting. I wonder how much of the medical terminology I knew is still in my noggen. I'm betting quite a lot because I just went over a list, and I was surprised with how much I remembered. Woo Hoo!

See you guys tomorrow after work! I'll let you know how day 2 goes. Day 3 will be more like a "regular" workday, in that it's on my floor, and not in a classroom.

Make it count. Try to do what you can, even if it is just squats in the bathroom while your little ones take a bath :).

I can do this. I am a star.