Is pounding footpaths and bouncing around at a gym your idea of fun? Let me teach you how to get the same benefits but by having fun!
It can be really easy to find wonderful and imaginative excuses to not do any exercise – everyone, even Personal Trainers, can find excuses when they want to! But unfortunately you really are only kidding yourself – it’s your body and it’s you that has to live in your body, so to be honest it really only affects you if you choose to live in an unhealthy, unfit and unenergetic body, rather than one that feels great, is full of life and finds daily activities easy. To achieve success at being physically active for the rest of your life, it is so important that you learn to see exercising as something to be done, a bit like brushing your teeth or having a shower, not as a chore or something that you can avoid. Just accept the fact that it has to happen, and help yourself along by finding ways to be active that you actually enjoy. Pounding footpaths and becoming a gym bunny works perfect for some, but if that’s not you, maybe gardening, dance classes, aqua aerobics, playing tag, hopscotch or making obstacle courses with your kids, pushing around a lawn mower, turning up the stereo and having a jam in your lounge, or doing a Zumba DVD with a friend may be more your style of fun. Try setting goals for Fun Run/walks, meet up with a friend weekly and go for a walk and then enjoy a coffee out after, join an outdoor group exercise class suited to your level...the only thing stopping you finding a form of exercise or activity that you enjoy is your imagination, and as Albert Einstein says, “Imagination is the preview of life’s forthcoming attractions”! The word ‘exercise’ can be portrayed as something hard, dull, boring and lacking in fun, but really all it means is ‘get your heart rate up and puff and sweat for a bit” - use your imagination…think of weird and wonderful ways to puff and sweat! They don’t have to fit in the ‘conventional’ box of ways to exercise – as long as you are puffing and your heart rates up, then perfect! For myself, I have now figured out how good children are for your exercise regime…my toddlers favourite game is ‘grab something I’m not allowed and make mum chase me around the house’…so I turned it into a game (obviously with something she is allowed) and we spend ages chasing each other backwards and forwards up and down the hallway…it’s hardly fair that she gets to run and I have to crawl...but, boy crawling can make you puff! My point is, your exercise diary doesn’t have to be boring and be all about how many kilometres you walked - make exercising fun and enjoyable, because I can almost guarantee if you don’t, you won’t stick at it for the rest of your life. Remember, what you choose to do to promote your own health and wellbeing must be maintainable for the rest of your life. If you need a structured, fool-proof, easy to follow, step-by-step weight loss programme to get you to your goal weight and then show you how to maintain your weight, get your copy of The Body Essence Weight Loss Programme today! Keep active, keep healthy and love life! Warmest regards, Kerri van de Loo Health, Fitness and Nutrition Professional
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