Hi, Anon! I totally hear you on the time management issue!! It's really hard to squeeze everything into a day and can be so overwhelming. I don't know how exactly, but I've always been disciplined about exercise ever since I was a teenager. It's just always been an important part of my life, especially as a much-needed outlet. And it makes me feel so good. Not only do I have more energy when I exercise, but I feel good about myself and my self esteem is higher. Exercise is a high priority on my list, up there with eating and sleeping.
I've gotten so programmed into having exercise as part of my daily routine that it's weird for me to go through a day not exercising in some way. For example, my family went on a vacation over the 4th of July weekend and we were so busy that I went for four straight days without exercising. Granted I played on the beach with the kids, walked a ton around Sea World and went on rides at the County Fair, so it wasn't like I wasn't active. But, when I got back home, it felt really good to do my exercise program again and to work up a good sweat.
Lately I've been spending my lunch hour going to the gym. I go through a short version of Joey's exercises that takes me 30 minutes to do. I really like that break in the day and it's nice at the gym because I go into a quiet room off of the women's locker room that has a tv, so I'll watch whatever's on at the time and just zone out while I'm going through the exercises. I'm usually the only one in there. Before I know it, I'm done with my workout -- the 30 minutes flies by. Then I get back to the office, finish my day and have the evening open to spend time with my family.
I think maybe one thing you could try is designating a certain 30-minute period during your day, whether it means waking up 30 minutes earlier than usual, or using your lunch break, or while your kids are napping -- whatever time period works for you -- and making that commitment that it will be your exercise "me" time.
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Hi, Anon! I totally hear you on the time management issue!! It's really hard to squeeze everything into a day and can be so overwhelming. I don't know how exactly, but I've always been disciplined about exercise ever since I was a teenager. It's just always been an important part of my life, especially as a much-needed outlet. And it makes me feel so good. Not only do I have more energy when I exercise, but I feel good about myself and my self esteem is higher. Exercise is a high priority on my list, up there with eating and sleeping.
I've gotten so programmed into having exercise as part of my daily routine that it's weird for me to go through a day not exercising in some way. For example, my family went on a vacation over the 4th of July weekend and we were so busy that I went for four straight days without exercising. Granted I played on the beach with the kids, walked a ton around Sea World and went on rides at the County Fair, so it wasn't like I wasn't active. But, when I got back home, it felt really good to do my exercise program again and to work up a good sweat.
Lately I've been spending my lunch hour going to the gym. I go through a short version of Joey's exercises that takes me 30 minutes to do. I really like that break in the day and it's nice at the gym because I go into a quiet room off of the women's locker room that has a tv, so I'll watch whatever's on at the time and just zone out while I'm going through the exercises. I'm usually the only one in there. Before I know it, I'm done with my workout -- the 30 minutes flies by. Then I get back to the office, finish my day and have the evening open to spend time with my family.
I think maybe one thing you could try is designating a certain 30-minute period during your day, whether it means waking up 30 minutes earlier than usual, or using your lunch break, or while your kids are napping -- whatever time period works for you -- and making that commitment that it will be your exercise "me" time.
July 9, 2009 - 11:40amThis Comment
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