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How to Overcome Your Exercise Excuses

By Jeanne Faulkner 

Read on for how to go from flabby to fit and apathetic to enthusiastic by
overhauling your exercise excuses. 

What's the best way to battle your top 10 exercise excuses? Create a better
top 10. Read on for tips on how to go from flabby to fit and apathetic to
enthusiastic by throwing your exercise excuses out the window.

 

1. It's boring - I'll find a way to make it fun.  Nobody says you have to
spend your 30 minutes/ 5 days per week (recommended by the Centers for
Disease Control & Prevention) doing the same old exercises.  Get off the
treadmill and jog outdoors.  Ditch the rowing machine and rent a kayak.
Hate walking?  Try skating.  Beat the boredom by finding activities you like
to do.

 

2. It's expensive - It's priceless. There are countless ways to exercise
that don't include expensive equipment and a gym membership.  Walking the
dog is free once you buy shoes and a leash. Go online to find free and
community exercise opportunities. Jump rope.  Rake the yard.  The money
you'll save on doctors from being sedentary is worth every penny you'll
spend on fitness.

 

3. I'm too old - There's no such thing as too old. The Journal of the
American Medical Association says, "Keeping active and remaining fit can
help prolong your life and prevent or delay illnesses or disabilities as you
grow older. Being active helps lower your risk of falls and developing heart
disease and diabetes and can help you live on your own longer. "

 

4. I'm too busy - I can find the time in my hectic schedule.  You're not
that busy.  You're just not making health a priority.  Walk on the treadmill
when you watch TV. Run on your lunch hour.  Ride your bike to work. Break up
daily exercise into three ten-minute segments.  You'll add years to your
life.

 

5. I'm too tired - I'd love to have more energy.  Exercise is like an energy
bank.  The more you exercise, the better your circulation, oxygenation, and
metabolism. By the time you've walked down the block, you'll feel far more
energized than if you'd stayed home.

 

6. I don't like it - I can learn to like, or even love it. Make exercise a
treat instead of a chore. Try new sports. Mix things up.  Reward every
workout.  Pick a movie you only watch when on the treadmill.  Put your
favorite music or an audiobook on your iPod. You just may find yourself
having a good time.

 

7. I don't want to - I'll do it anyway. Laziness is a common but poor
exercise excuse. Working up a little sweat is great for your body and will
improve your health in countless ways.

 

8. I don't know how - I'm willing to learn.  Don't let ignorance be your
exercise excuse. If you can walk, you can exercise.  If you can lift a
laundry basket, you can lift weights. Log on to the American Academy of
Family Physicians for a basic "how to."

 

9. I don't see results - I'm feeling better.  It's what's happening on the
inside that's most important.  Your cardiovascular, respiratory, and
psychological health improves immediately.  Your washboard abs?  That might
take a while longer. Stick with it, and reap the benefits of internal and
external beauty.

 

10. The weather's bad - It's the perfect day to exercise.  If the weather
outside is frightful, bring your workout indoors.  Too hot?  Take a dip in
the pool.  Too cold?  You'll warm up quickly once you get moving. Take
charge, and make every day a "fit day."  There's no excuse not to.

 

 

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=============================================================Seize the
Moment 

Why put off till tomorrow what you can do today?! Every day that passes by
without your having made changes that further your plan is a missed
opportunity. You will always be faced with something you'd prefer to do in
place of what you should be doing. The easy choice is to go with what's
facing you, no matter how bad for your health it is; the harder choice, the
challenge, is to pass the temptation by and continue on the path to your
healthy life. That's the choice you need to make. And when you make that
choice, you'll have seized the moment - the moment to do something for
yourself, to avoid pressure from others, to pat yourself on the back and say
"I can do it!"

 2010

Leslie Progress 

Starting wt January 7,2010..........000.00

Last  Weigh in ............................237.6 December 23, 2009

Current Weigh in .....................233.  January 21, 2010

Total Loss for week ..................1.00

Total Loss for Month ...............4.6

Total Losss for Year ................4.6

 

Increments met ( 0 x met) ( 235.00 ) .....................(5
lbs)...................000.00

December 30 Goal wt .................................160.00

Short term goal wt .................................199.00

Lbs to short term goal .............................34

Gains for Month ..................................0

Inches loss waist ...................................0

Total min exercise ..................................130 as of January 22th