Exercise. We all know it’s good for us, yet often we’re so busy taking care of others that we forget about taking care of ourselves.
Some of us won’t run any further than from the couch to the refrigerator, the idea of climbing on a bike conjures up horrific images of somehow being impaled on the handle bars, and the only thing that will get you to run is the fear of having your brains eaten by your undead next door neighbor during a zombie apocalypse.
Come one now . . . we can do better than this, right?
Just because you’re a midlifer doesn’t mean life just stops. Au contraire . . . now is the perfect time to reinvent yourself! If you’re not in shape, perhaps you should give serious consideration to starting some sort of exercise routine. Exercising doesn’t mean you need to spend hours on end at your local gym, working up a sweat and building muscle on top of muscle. All it takes is 20-30 minutes a day, 2-3 times a week to reap the benefits and live a healthier life.
So Why Aren’t You Exercising?
My excuses came in the form of the fashion police. In my younger whippersnapper days, I wouldn’t have been caught dead at the gym without the right gear. Unfortunately, my ‘gear’ consisted of cutie patootie coordinated outfits that showed off my considerable assets.
Wear a purple and gold sports bra with a pair of green and blue yoga paints? Bite your tongue. If my clothes didn’t match, well then I simply could not coexist in harmony with the spirit of working out. My priorities were so far out of whack, I never realized that working out wasn’t about looking cute and trying to snare a man in my curvy trap. These days, I’m not above wearing my husband’s oversized t-shirt, slipping into a pair of yoga pants, tossing a baseball cap on my head and getting my workout on at Planet Fitness.
So what are your reasons for not excercising? The infographic below just might blow a hole in your carefully crafted excuse.
I’m working in my pj’s coming up with reasons not to get off my duff right now!! LOL.
My Home yoga exercise sheets are at the foot of my bed. Thx for the inspiration!!
Hahaha! Get that fitness in, Thea! 😉
I walk every morning and do at least 10,000 steps. It’s my favorite time of day and gives me a chance to think and relax. I feel so much better now that I’m committed to it and weight is slowly coming off. And if it’s too cold we can always dance to disco.
Disco dancing….YES!!! (Images of the BlogHer Disco Dance Party are floating through my head….).
My health is something that I am really taking responsibility for now, yet it was something for a long time that I took for granted. It’s taken sometime but I am finally arriving to that place now where I am accepting this body is a temple!
I realized I needed a change when I was put on High Blood Pressure meds. Hated it. I decided that I needed to move, lose weight and not put the stress on my body. Creating the habit of exercise is hard at first but then it becomes part of your day. Thanks for the stats. AND, thanks for the reminder that there is NO excuse. 🙂
Deneen, my big fear is having to go on all sorts of meds because I’m not healthy/overweight. I’m trying to be pre-emptive, so I hope it works.
OMG, I love this and will share it with several of my health coach buddies. At the present time I am rocking and rolling with my exercise but this graphic will be so helpful to many.
Share away, Elise!
Owning a fitness business for over 35 years, I have always heard excuses: don’t have the time (time is time) I will start on Monday…it’s too cold out…blah, blah, blah!
Walk, park away from the door, use stairs, get up and move every hour, it is the small things that lead to great success.
There are so many small things we can do to get the ball rolling; the gestures don’t have to be grand.