Be Happy! It’s Friday!

One might think that as a stay at home mom Friday would seem like any other day, weekend or not, and in some ways it is like any other day… but I can’t completely shake the Friday mentality that’s ingrained in us from early on. Of course I enjoy having Zak home for two days to help share the child rearing duties! And I enjoy his company too I suppose. 😉

I woke up hungry but didn’t have anything I was in the mood to eat before I worked out. At least nothing that I felt wouldn’t weigh me down. I also couldn’t figure out what I was in the mood for in regards to a work out either. Talk about indecision this morning.

Eventually I decided to hit the gym today because our membership expires at the end of June and I probably won’t renew it until September or October. I feel like I spend ALL winter in the gym and much prefer to exercise outdoors. When it’s nice out the gym is usually the last place I want to be.

Grey skies and the desire for something different, I hopped on my bike and rode the mile to the gym, spent 20 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes on the treadmill doing some incline walking and then some (non-inclined!) sprints and then more incline walking. I also did some weights with the machines before I left; seated rows, triceps, lats and abs. I took the long way home and ended up with a total of about 15 minutes on my bike. Regular cardio round table today.

Having not eaten before I left from the gym, my stomach was practically eating itself by the time I walked in the door. Thank goodness a my chocolate breakfast cookie was ready and waiting!

Ellen is here to take girls to story time today and then off to play while I get some work done around here. See?  Friday’s are fun!