Day 39 - Beck Diet Solution, Keep Up With Exercise

By now, exercise might be ingrained in our usual routines. But even though it might seem natural or easy to do our regular workouts, surely enough the time will come when it’s not so easy – maybe when coming back from an injury, after an eating splurge, or maybe we just say for whatever reason “I don’t feel like it today.”

For the times when sticking with exercise doesn’t seem so easy, here are some tips:

· Remind yourself of how good you’ll feel after you’re done. The hardest part is getting started.

· Be ready to go! Lay out your workout clothes the night before. Tape your ARC or an exercise motivational card where you’ll be sure to see it.

· Put your workout in the NO CHOICE category – the same category as brushing your teeth, getting to work, getting your kids to and from school, etc.

· Meet up with a friend or trainer for exercise for additional support, companionship and accountability.

· Give yourself lots of credit and reward yourself for getting your workout done. Just make sure you don’t reward yourself with food.

· Monitor your progress. What gets measured gets improved. Can you run a faster mile than when you first started? How much more can you bench? Do you notice you have more energy to play with your kids or grandkids? Celebrate this progress too.

· End your workout with your most favorite thing. If there’s an exercise or machine you’re not so crazy about, try to move it to the middle.

· Find an exercise that you like and that’s doable. As you improve your fitness and health, you may find you can now do exercises that weren’t feasible before. Some people like to do marathons and others find they just like to dance to loud music in their living room.

By staying active, we improve our chances for success in weight loss and so much more.

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