The number of choices we make throughout a
single day is pretty amazing, I mean think about. Did you hit the snooze button or wake up for
your morning workout? Did you pack your lunch or plan on eating out? Did you
watch your TV after work or read a good book? So many choices! Between juggling
day-to-day commitments and decisions, it can seem daunting to choose
when get in a workout, and how to prepare healthy meals.
1. First things first, we have to have the right mindset. We
can all choose to spend our time working out, but is this what we want to do?
Take for example a dear friend of mine. She works a 9-6 job and has a daily
hour and a half commute. She has been trying to lose a few pounds and get more
active. Typically when she gets off work she is tired and does not feel like
going to the gym. If it is not too late,
she enjoys walking, but sometimes it is not always feasible. In my mind I am
like duh, just wake up 45 minutes earlier. But I realize that’s not fair, not
everyone is a crazy morning person like me :).
Her and I sat down and started talking about how to work
around this. I started probing a bit and found out she enjoyed taking group fitness classes offered at work. So why not start there? She decided on packing her clothes the night before so
that way immediately after work she could go to the class.
Switching up her mindset to not make working out seem like a drag helped her get in workouts without dreading it! Case in point: choose what is best for
you!
2. Choosing how you spend your time. You have the power to choose how you spend your time.
And when it comes to exercise, it all adds up. Whether it is 20-40 or 60
minutes, it all counts. We all have 1440 minutes in a day, surely we
can spend at least 20 on exercise. For some people 60 minutes of exercise a day seems overwhelming
and impossible. I have been through some of the most brutal workouts and they
have been done in 20 minutes! Think about it, the time you spend fumbling
around in the morning, you could have crushed a 20-minute workout.
I constantly remind myself that it all counts. Being a gym rat over the years, I am used to
having a minimum 90 minutes (45 for my lift and 45 for my cardio) in the gym. These days, juggling graduate school full time, working, and traveling with my boyfriend, I can spend more time in classrooms and airports than in a gym. There are days where I cannot get to the gym for a solid hour.
However, knowing that I can train efficiently in 20 minutes makes fitness on
the road and in school doable.
Health comes down to two choices: mind-set and time. What are
you going to choose?
Let’s give everyone the tools to a great exercise mindset;
tweet me your mindset mantra today @kelleyvargo #kvmindset
Until tomorrow,
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