Imagine Fitness

As you are reading this newsletter it will be a long weekend in Calgary and by all forecasts the weather should be beautiful. Now the question is what will you be doing today?

For many the warmer weather is the opportunity to get those tasks done outside that we have been putting off, cleaning out the garage, fixing the deck, gardening, or mowing the lawn. For others it will mean sitting down and enjoying a good book in the sun or getting ready for a backyard BBQ.  With all that you have going on, ask yourself, did you schedule in time for exercise?

I know you are thinking that really how can I fit everything I have to do in my day and schedule a workout? Perhaps these 3 ideas will give you the motivation.

1. Think of exercise as a ‘must’ not a ‘should’. If you plan the time that you will workout, even put it down in writing where you will see it, you will have no excuse not to do it.

2. Think of how you will after you workout, BEFORE you start. I know for myself that after a workout I feel energized and ready to take on the tasks of the day. If you think of how good you will feel after, that you took the time to exercise that may help give you the motivation to get started.

3. Switch from ‘I have to do this’, ‘to I get to do this’. Everytime we engage in some form of physical activity our bodies benefit in so many ways. Outside of the obvious fact that it will help us to control our weight, it also can lower our blood pressure, lower our cholestrol, improve our bone density,it can also help our body use insulin more effectively thus reducing our chance of diabetes.

Keep these points in mind the next time you are tempted to skip your workout because you think you are ‘to busy’.  Really with so much at stake how can you not workout?

Have a great long weekend,

Shelley Healy

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