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Saturday, December 5, 2009
To Exercise or NotI have always been lucky that I have enjoyed sports my whole life. I know that isn't going to endear me to anyone
who, like my sisters and mother have rarely thought about movement as entertainment or fun. I do know where
those of you are coming from. I even have trouble getting motivated to do things sometimes.
Lets take
a look at all the things that require movement in our daily lives. Having to go up and down stairs at work or at home.
Vacuuming and cleaning the house or car. Taking care of children. Now that takes alot of energy. And that
is the point. We need to spend more energy in a day. I know it gets harder and harder with all our wonderful remote
controls, our power this and our power that. So, we have to look elsewhere to move our bodies more.
No, it
doens't mean we need to all go out and join a gym, so we can pay, pay, pay and show up only for the first month. Most
movement or exercise that we need, especially to start doens't involve such drastic measures.
Small things
like parking farther away from the store or office and walking the rest of the way. Or taking a walk at lunch instead
of sitting around a table talking about things. (That only moves your mouth). I know there is this 10,000 step
per day thing going on, but lets face it, that even intimidates me. Just walk....... and the more you walk the more
you will feel like walking. That is enough for a month.
You need to integrate small changes into your
life over a long period of time for them to become permanent. THIS MONTH JUST WALK MORE....... THAT'S IS ENOUGH, JUST
DO IT.
11:17 am mst
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