Oh Snooze Button How I Love Thee

Let me count the ways.........In my mental battle with the snooze button this week, the snooze button won. It won big time! It was my goal this week to get up early and go to the gym twice this week and I failed.  In part because I spent the weekend being lazy and catching up on sleep lost during my weekend in San Diego and also because I just couldn't stop hitting the snooze button. This is how a typical morning goes with my alarm clock.
It is set for 5:50 am; I have to leave by 7:15 to be on time to work.

• 5:50 am- Alarm goes off: without thinking about it hit the snooze button and go back to sleep
• 6:00am- Hit snooze and think to myself “The next time it goes off I'm going to get out of bed"
• 6:10am- Hit snooze and think to myself “The next time it goes off I'm going to get out of bed, I mean it this time!" 
• 6:20am-Hit snooze but without realizing it like a trained monkey
• 6:30am-Hit snooze but without realizing it like a trained monkey 
• 6:40am-Hit snooze but without realizing it like a trained monkey 
• 6:50am -Hit snooze but without realizing it like a trained monkey
• 7:00am- Hit Snooze then think to myself " How many times have I hit the snooze button?" look at clock and curse myself for running late again. 

I don't know why I thought I could break this pattern with no real attack plan While I didn't change the time my alarm usually goes off I was hoping of getting up at 6:10am so I could stop at the gym for a quick cardio workout before work. I guess since getting back on a healthier diet was so easy for me this time around I figured this would be too. Never mind that when I go back to Boot Camp on March 5th I have to leave the house at 5:40am. So I have one more week until I go back to Boot Camp and this is my attack plan.

1. Pack gym bag and layout workout cloths before I go to bed.
2. Go to bed at 10pm and read. Instead of watching Netflix until I fall asleep.
3. Sent Alarm clock on opposite side of the room.  
4. Don't go back to sleep, no more snoozing!
5. Wake up earlier even on weekends. 

Here’s hoping I defeat the snooze button this week! In other news the food diary/App MyFitnessPal continues to be a great tool. I lost 4 more lbs!