Fitting Fitness in Creatively

These are things I have discovered for me. I am busy and have to create ways to fit in fitness (hence the name).

I do not belong to a gym yet I work out with weights.

I do not work out a set time each day - but I do work out most days.

I do not force exercise on myself.

But:

I exercise everything.

I can exercise at any time.

I can even exercise in public.

I create ways to get in some exercise.


I have made exercise easy to fit in as I hated that whole "When am I going to do some some exercise today and it is already 7:00 pm and I still have a lot to do?" or "Really I should be doing my 45 min. cardio routine DVD I just bought - what a waste of money" or "Some article stated I should be doing 30 minutes of exercise a day at a targeted heart rate". "I need to join a gym but those people are intimidating and are they really interested in me or my money". or worse "I joined the gym and paid hundreds of dollars and don't use it". Or "I worked all day and am just really tired".

ALL of the above comments to yourself does nothing but create what I call exercise stress.

You make exercise an odious chore to be carved out of a busy day. You start to associate it with guilt, negativity and something you should be doing but really just don't feel like it at the time.

It is easy to get 'exercise stress' and most respond by always resolving to start an exercise program or they just flat out stop any attempt at exercise.

Here is one rule: THE LESS YOU EXERCISE OR MOVE THE LESS YOU WANT TO EXERCISE OR MOVE.

You then really become inactive. And it is not good to be inactive at any age and most certainly at middle age/menopausal age.

Now I know there are those who love to exercise, do it with joy and work out an hour a day straight. That is fantastic.

I will state you really should always consult your healthcare provider before you start an exercise or movement program. Why is that always recommended? You may have hidden high blood pressure and not be aware of it or you might have diabetes and not be aware of it, you may have some cardiac risk factors (yes, even women) - these are some conditions among others that you would want to be aware of when exercising. So that standard advice is really for your safety.

Well thats it for today - I have been at the computer and am going to go enjoy some movment! It'll be fun - I DVR'd the latest Jonas Brother's show and hope they have some new tunes so I can try out some moves.