The all time favorite excuse has to be…drum roll
please… “I don’t have time!” When I hear myself think or say, “I don’t
have time,” it rattles me. Makes me
nuts.
I’m sure your schedule and list of responsibilities matches
mine. Just trying to figure out how I can possibly fit everything in
that I need to get done in one day leaves me out of breath.
Seems like there’s no time left for me.
The things I need to do to achieve my weight loss success just fall further
down my list of priorities.
I’ve even made appointments with myself in my daily
organizer. Try to treat my appointments
with myself just as I would a client's
Hhmmm. That’s not working.
So far I’ve stayed away from watching television. YES!
And I don’t miss it. However,
other things have slipped in to take that chunk of time. Now I’m meditating 30 minutes a day and that’s
all good. But EXERCISE? Why is it so hard to fit it in?
Well, first off, duh!
If I BELIEVE it’s hard to fit it in, guess what, I’m right. If I BELIEVE it’s NOT hard to fit it in, I’m
right again! Whoo hoo! Hello genius!
I’ve read that any activity is better than none at all. OK. I'm game.
So what I’m hearing is that I don’t have to take up a whole chunk of
time in my day to dedicate to exercise.
Fine…. So what can I do, what can I do….tap, tap, tap...think, think, think.
Time to step outside the box and into the loo! Keep reading....
So there I was, sitting in the loo….true story.
I was washing my hands and while drying them, an idea popped into my
head. What would happen if every time I
needed to use the bathroom I did some exercise before re-opening the door?
OK, I’m up for this.
Sounds a little crazy, but hey, I’m on a mission here! My bathroom is not very spacious but I could
do squats and I could do some counter push-ups! That’s do-able.
So that’s what I’ve been doing… 3 sets of 10 push-ups for
the first visit and 3 sets of 10 squats for the next. I rotate all day long (I curse my diuretic though!!) And before I lay me down to sleep I throw
in some abdominal crunches. Voila! I’m on my way!
And with that, I feel really darn good about myself. How are you fitting in a little activity into your everyday?
Love it! We love to say: I don’t have time! Actually we do, but we don’t know how to manage it. Everything is more important than our daily exercise. Our DH is more important than walk on the block LOL, how is that possible? Let’s think, our day has 24hrs, how can we include half hour of exercise? Maybe is because: 8 hrs of sleep + 3 hours in traffic + 8 hours of work + 1 hour to relax/date/cook/watch tv/read a book? This is not good! I have to revise it.
ReplyDeleteThat’s why DH keep saying I should workout at home…. I might have time but I don’t like inside workouts LOL. Need to change it right?!
You really made me laugh!! Genius! Hey Cheryl, I did some coaching on this while we were in the class.
ReplyDeleteI thought I wanted to "exercise" all this while. But it just drained me every time just to think about it. One of the reasons was I didn't have a consistent records. Why bother to start. The "good-shape", "lost 10 lbs" didn't motivate me. The exercise vdus, x-box, exercise machine at home could not even make me move. I ACTUALLY didn't want to exercise.
Through the coaching, I found out exercise was not MY goal and it is NOT me. Being "I am Balance" is my goal. Imagine myself living a balance life and not to feel guilty - liberate me. Instead of thinking about how many more minutes do I have to "endure", I actually enjoy the walk while absorbing the anabolic energy from the nature. Hmmm... Finally feel free!
Kay