Saturday morning...kids soccer game? trip to Home Depot for gardening supplies?
Have you built time in your schedule for exercise?
Exercise is interesting in that we know that for long-term weight loss, a regular exercise program is essential, yet we find lots of reasons why not to do it. The bottom line is that exercise is not really fun when you are doing it...perhaps playing a tennis match, bicycling in the country, walking a golf course is fun. But, pounding on a treadmill or stairmaster is not exactly fun for most people...least you doubt that, look at people exercising in gyms..they are using IPODs, CD players, etc..doing everything possible to distract themselves from what they are doing.
Try to build in exercise time as part of your weekly schedule...almost like a business appointment. If you do not schedule this time in advance, but rather look at it as: "if i have time, i will exercise", it will never happen. Try to find activities that are not abhorrent to you..some people HATE running, but yet, swimming is fun. Obviously, pick activities that you may find relaxing. For instance, I have much more fun running outside at a park as opposed to a treadmill.
By the way, in the category of "embarrassing moments" for your Doctor, I was running at Burke Lake Park the other day, and heard a sound of something catching up to me from behind. Then , quickly passing me was a young mother jogging while pushing her baby in a carriage. I got dusted by someone pushing a baby! I feel old and slow!~
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What a joy it has been going through all the posting in your blog..so glad we were in your office this morning and picked up the info on this site..We have especially enjoyed the comical little stories to go along with your "pearls of wisdom". We have to comment on this exercise post as we have finally found a fun past-time that involves quite a bit of physical activity..
We still manage to do our time on the treadmill, suffer through the weight training and get in several walks around the neighborhood; the new activity is "geo-caching". It requires a lot of hiking through wooded trails hunting for boxes hidden at specific locations found with a handheld gps. Now it may sound easy, but sometimes it requires climbing steep hills and carefully making our way back down. When there seems to be a "prize" at the completion of the hunt, it makes getting there more fun. We have also learned that 'what goes down' requires a ...CLIMB UP !! We are enjoying the new hobby and it is even good for us.
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