Are you making excuses or CREATING HABITS?
When we find ourselves overwhelmed with stress, exercise is usually the first thing we stop doing.
Yet exercise can be a powerful tool to help us through stressful times.
Time constraints should not be an excuse to forgo those workouts. That’s the #1 excuse I hear for not working out.
The other 4 are:
1. Not motivated enough
2. Don’t like to exercise
3. Never see results
4. Some physical constraint (bad back, bad knees, obesity)
All of these are perceived constraints.
It’s interesting to me as a health and fitness professional that when it comes to exercise, so many people NEGOTIATE with themselves about whether or not to exercise.
They haven’t made exercise a HABIT, so it’s negotiable.
Do you negotiate with yourself when it comes to brushing your teeth, wearing your seatbelt, going to sleep at night or watching TV after dinner?
Probably not, because those are habits.
When you make exercise a habit then it will require less thought.
Everyone needs to exercise so making fitness and exercise a habit is a good idea.
shelli
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