You’d think setting an alarm for 5 a.m. would mean I would definitely sleep right up until the beep goes off, but that isn’t the case most of the time.
I have an internal alarm clock that is apparently a little too accurate. It gets a kick out of waking me up 45 minutes before my alarm goes off which is a little annoying. It’s enough time for me to remain in bed, awake, for 30 minutes and then drift back into a blissful slumber right before the alarm actually goes off. It’s pleasant.
After a mostly restful night (except for the last hour or so), I woke up to the alarm with Ryan and headed off to the gym to check our respective workouts off the list!
Workout
My workout for today began with a 20 minute elliptical workout and concluded with an upper body workout.
While I spent some time on the elliptical, I flipped through the IDEA World Fitness Convention’s schedule which got me way too excited for the conference in August.
It was, hands down, the best conference I’ve ever attended and I can’t wait to go back again this year. (You may see my recap from last year’s conference here: IDEA World Fitness Convention 2013)
If you’re a fitness professional, I cannot recommend this conference enough. It’s incredibly energizing and I left feeling super motivated to kick butt as a trainer and group exercise instructor.
Breakfast
Breakfast this morning came in a glass.
A berry yummy smoothie!
In the mix:
- Coconut milk
- Vanilla Greek yogurt
- Frozen banana
- Frozen blueberries
- Frozen strawberries
- Frozen cherries
- Spoonful of almond butter
It was almost too thick to drink (just how I like it), so a spoon came in handy.
Off to work!
Question of the Morning
- Do you feel like you have an internal alarm clock, or do you always seem to sleep right up until your alarm goes off in the morning?
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I can’t remember the last time I didn’t wake up 5-10 minutes before my alarm goes off. I don’t even know why I set an alarm, to be honest.
I DEFINITELY have an internal alarm – I take it as a good sign that I enjoy my life enough to WANT to wake up for it! I usually can’t wait to start the morning, especially since if I get up before my 3 roommates I can have an hour or so to myself. I’m with you!
I definitely have an internal alarm that goes off no matter what day of the week it is! And even if mine isn’t working at the moment, my two years olds certainly does the trick! Love the smoothie! Looks amazing!
A little person but what time do you go to bed? How did you get into the habit of waking up eay? I ask because I know I’m an am workout person (did it successfully for a year) but when my am bootcamp was cancelled I dropped the good habit. I’ve made multiple attempts to get up early to workout but can’t make it a consistent thing. Do you think having Ryan up with you helps? Thanks in advance!
*Personal not person!
My body does the same thing in the mornings! Talk about annoying!
I’m the same as you…about 45-60 minutes before my alarm is set to go off, I wake up. I struggle to get back to sleep and then end up in a deep sleep for about 15 minutes before my alarm goes off.
I’ve got that internal alarm clock, too, but mine usually holds off until about 10 minutes before I had planned to get up. And usually I have to pee, haha, so it’s either 10 minutes of lying there and being uncomfortable, or 10 minutes knowing I could theoretically still be dreaming away. The struggle, I tell you…the struggle!
100% agree about the internal alarm! I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve woken up to find I still have another hour to go, then find I can’t go back to sleep til just right before the alarm actually goes off! Thank goodness for the snooze button 🙂
I think no matter what time I go to sleep, my internal alarm wakes me up at about 7.5 hours of sleep, more or less. It can be annoying on the weekends when I actually do want to sleep in!
My little one has been my alarm clock recently!
I can’t wait to try this smoothie, you definitely caught my eye with “It was almost too thick to drink (just how I like it), so a spoon came in handy.” I’m not sure why, but I love thicker smoothies that require a spoon over a straw so thank you so much for sharing this!
I sleep until my alarm goes off and then I hit snooze 3 times. I don’t go to bed early enough 🙂