How are you changing your exercising habits? Are you finding that they ARE changing due to the darker hours, cold outside, busy time of year (with holidays coming), etc?

I'm definitely finding that getting up at 5 or 5:30 am to go the gym is TOUGH!!!! I want to stay in my nice warm bed and sleep until everyone else gets up! But I'm trying hard to get back on my plan, but it is so hard to get back into it!

I get up at 4am Mon-Thurs with my dh. Our puppy will not go "back to bed" after dh leaves. It is a real pain. So, I have been starting my workouts at 4am instead of 5am

Since I'm not water skiing and swimming on the weekends, I've added strength training and more cardio to my weekly routine.

I haven't been able to run outside 2x a week like I was during the summer. It has been all treadmill.

When our local resort opens, I hope to snow ski 1-2 days a week. I don't need to do lower body strength training during snow ski season.

That much isn't affecting me. I still go to the gym every day from 9-11am. What is affecting me is all the late night snacking. I get in my comfy jammies and just want to snack all night long!

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Now that school is back in, I have to squeeze my workouts in between students. It is actually a motivator for me. When I only have a certain amount of time to get it done, I go and push myself. If I have the whole day, I'm slow getting to the gym and then sluggish when I am there. It has been a surprisingly good thing for me.

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I've started doing Leslie Sansone's walking dvds

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Mom to a beautiful boy, almost 3 year old Rhojan and trying to build my emergency fund so we can stop using credit cards.

The dark and cold has affected my walking schedule, cause it just doesn't work for me anymore. I've been trying to sneak in extra stairs while at work, and a quick walk on my lunch break. And I'm still on the lookout for a treadmill for home, that would be the perfect solution. I've actually posted a Wanted to Buy ad on Craigslist, so hopefully I'll hear from someone soon.

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