Teachers-Fit Iniciative

I am a substitute, never been a certified teacher (background in counseling), but I work pretty close to full time when school is in session. The first year that I subbed, I gained 30 pounds! NO NO NO! Things had to change!

Many days I do not have a planning period because I will be pulled to cover for another teacher who has a meeting or needs IEP time, etc. I leave my house at 6:30 to be at school at 7:00 (high school).
I get up at 4:45 and have my coffee while doing 30 minutes of stretching. Then I am ready for whatever opportunity may arise to squeeze in some form of activity during the day.

I take full advantage of the stairs at school. Great exercise especially with a backpack full of everything I need for the day, including my 64 oz of water.

The school schedule is very odd to me, 4 periods/day that are from 84-87 minutes long. I cannot sit even 1/2 that time so I am constantly up moving around. I think it makes the teens nervous (like I am watching them, well ok I AM!) I also always volunteer to sub for Girls' Weightlifting and Yoga. P.E. gets to be pretty chaotic as a sub, so I try to avoid that at all costs. If I do get a planning period, I have basically an hour and 20 minutes on my hands, because I am a sub and the planning is done, so I either walk the halls and do the 3 floors of stairs on either end or I lock the classroom door and get to exercising.

One perk is that I am in a brand new school and we are lucky to have the huge Smart Boards which are awesome for exercise videos. There is a group of teachers that meets every Friday after school and does a country line dancing exercise video. I have also been in one classroom that the teacher keeps a 10 lb dumbbell under the desk. I thought I had hit the jackpot that day! It's amazing how many things you can do with 1 dumbbell.

The other thing that I have learned is to stay out of the staff lounge~~ too many calories lurking around in there! I also do a set of 10 squats every time I get a bathroom break. They do add up!

I stand and walk most of the day when I teach. I only sit down to eat or when I am giving out important papers to individual students. I go to the gym right after work.

Carnhot wrote: »

I am an English teacher; I can spell but I can't run.

I can tell you're an English teacher by your correct use of the semicolon.