Exercise is something your body needs, wants and enjoys. What activity is right for you and how can you make it a priority in a busy schedule?
Ideas are:
Do something you enjoy!
Make it fun. One client says she likes using her Wii.
Put it in your schedule and persist in doing it until it is a habit.
Hire a personal trainer.
Join a gym.
Take a class.
Look for a meet-up group to join.
Get your partner on board and do it together.
These ideas are nice, but without setting a firm intention and follow through nothing will happen. Remember High School English. Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why? Who will exercise? Will you do it alone or with a friend or group? What type of exercise do you want to do? When will you do it? What day and time really work well for you? Where will you do it? How will you do it? Why will you do it?
If you take this exercise seriously and sit down and answer it, you will have created a vision to work from!!!
Don't forget the idea of rewards. Set a goal and plan a special incentive to motivate you. Maybe you get to go out to dinner on the weekend if you meet your goal of exercising each day that week.
Answer the questions and write up your plan. Don't forget those reasons why!! Motivation is so important and we all need to remember long term thinking, especially when short term gratification is tempting us away from our goals. Post your plan on the fridge, on the bathroom mirror, or in your workout room. I especially like the idea of the mirror, as you will have to look yourself in the eye if you aren't sticking with your plan.
Good luck to you (and myself) and I'd love to hear about how your exercise is going.
So I am really struggling with this - which is why I wrote about it!!!
ReplyDeleteI had a friend give me a fantastic idea today. She talked about having a jar where you collect money to play with. I am thinking if I put a dollar in the jar each time I exercise, it will motivate me to have the money to go out and have some fun!!