Exercise Your Attitude
posted in Health |I recently wrote about our need to choose discipline through exercise. Not a topic everyone is excited about, I know. However, …
I just got off the phone with my accountability partner. We were committing our food choices for the day and discussing exercise. She has been struggling with even having the desire to get out and walk. But, she shared about her day on Friday saying that she decided to walk regardless of how she was feeling.
So, walk she did – for a mile. That was first thing Friday morning. At the end of her walk she had a renewed outlook on her day and a great deal of energy. By noon she had accomplished everything she had planned for the day. This left her with some additional time to take care of tasks that had become “B priorities”. She went on to say she felt so good all day that she walked a second time that evening.
And on this Monday morning when we are so often dragging ourselves into the work week, my accountability partner got up a few minutes early and walked again. Her brisk walk gave her the energy she was hoping for and as she drove to work (that’s when we chat each morning) she was looking forward to a good day.
Amazing what a short walk around the block can do for our attitudes. My partner choose to have a better life and a better day just by making the decision to walk before work.
What is your choice? If you can’t fit in a walk before work, how about on your lunch break? How about on a 15 minute mid-morning or afternoon break? Can you find time after dinner? If you have a family, take them with you. Have a dog? He’d love to go. Afraid to go out on your own? Grab a friend. Don’t want to walk in your neighborhood? Go to a park. Weather not right? Walk in the mall.
We can come up with a long list of excuses why exercise just doesn’t fit into our schedule. But, excuses they are. Very few of us have real obstacles that keep us from enjoying some type of exercise.
Make today the day you commit to doing something good for yourself. Commit to finding the time, somewhere in your schedule, to get your body moving. Not only is it good for your health, but it is also good for your attitude.
If you feel so lead, share your commit here by leaving a comment. We will all be cheering you on.