Have you ever argued with yourself about whether to go exercise. You may be going to the gym to lift weights or go running at the local track but for some reason you just don’t FEEL like it today. You keep weighing in your head all the reasons NOT to go.

“I don’t have time to really have a great work-out so…”
“I just feel lazy and don’t want to do it.”
“Why bother, I am still fat and I’ve been working out so much lately.”
“I’m so tired. I would rather sleep instead.”

I am very sure that you have been there at some point and maybe you are there right now.  Having trained many, many people over the years, often how we handle this self-talk will determine our success or lack thereof.  Sometimes it is very difficult to motivate yourself to work out for several weeks till you get into the groove of regularly working out.  Often our focus is on the right NOW,  not on the where we are going with our attitudes and feelings. It is really important to just get doing it initially and the rest will follow.

For me, I was sick this past week and it has been very difficult to get back into the swing of things. It is Christmas time and normally most of us, myself included, are not to interested in working out. Instead we are interested in eating and drinking way to much so come the New Year we have our job cut out for us. So if we push past the excuses of why not to work out we arrive at the reason(s) to work out. That’s what I keep telling myself and you should too.

So this past week as I am trying to get back into my healthy habits I keep thinking about how GREAT I feel when I am done. How energetic, calm and happy I am after the fact. These are the attitude adjustments we all get after the hard work is done. My husband has remarked so often on how different I am after I have cardio’ed or weight trained then before I have done anything. He likes to say I am a different person and I am. I am calmer, happier and always have more energy.

Let’s focus on what we get from running, lifting weights, playing tennis, swimming or whatever activity you enjoy doing…it’s alot. It is more energy, less stress, burning some calories. Who knows maybe you are like me and you will get a whole new positive attitude. And along the way you will become fitter and healthier too.

So put those excuses aside and get moving. God didn’t make us to sit. We are to move. Find something you like to do that makes you active and get doing it. Great things will follow.

Love to hear your thoughts…

God Bless You,

Evey