I get a lot of people tell me how much they want to lose weight. How they would do anything — really?? – to be fit and healthy. It borders on depression and obsession but sadly, it does not always lead to fitness success.
Getting and being fit requires a lot of hard work. There is no magic bullet, no magic plan, no magic pill, no magic surgery. And even if you choose to add surgery or pills, these will only do so much.
So that said, here are some examples of what I mean.
- Don’t “say” you are coming to the gym 3 times a week but then blow each one of your appointments off for something more urgent. Most people can make it to the gym 3-5 times a week without a major life adjustment. You may not be able to attend specific classes at specific times but somewhere in your week — there is time. For people who are very busy, I suggest working out on your own or with a trainer as opposed to doing fitness classes. There are some amazingly awesome fitness classes here in Douglasville. But if you can’t be there at 5 or 6 or whenever the class starts, it becomes really easy to just blow it off completely.
The concept of personal training is to do something different. FIRST, you have an appointment so there is — or should be! – an incentive to show up. Don’t show and lose not only that chance to get professional help with your fitness, but also lose the money you invested in that session. That’s right — personal trainers are like any other service professional, don’t show up and you still pay for it.
But there really is not a reason why you should be blowing it off. You should put your appointments at days and times when it works for you. Is Monday a horrible day with getting kids to school and long work hours from the weekend — hmmm, then maybe not Monday — you get the idea.
There are extremely busy people in the gym every day getting and staying fit and you can be one of them if you learn that it is a priority.
Here are a few time saving tips to “find’ your free time:
1-How much time do you spend social networking online. While MySpace and Facebook are fun things for young kids, they should not be eating HOURS per week of adult time. If they are, you have time to workout.
2 – How much time do you spend watching TV. If you spend, like most adults, several hours per evening, then guess what, you have time to work out. Learn to get your shows on demand or tivo or Itunes or watch a program on the tv at the gym.
3 – How much time do you spend checking e-mail and reading blogs. Limit this to a once a day activity.
A few of these things are items that have only been around for the last decade or so. And they are major time drainers. I am not asking you to be less social, I am just asking you which is more important, a MySpace layout for people you either already know or don’t know at all — or your HEALTH.
Tags: Douglasville, Fitness, Weight Loss, fitness classes by David Hansey, Personal Trainer
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