Attitude -Why Bother?

The truth is that when something is really important to us, we're much more likely to find a way to fit it into our life, at least in small doses. If it's not really important to us, then we probably won't make a concerted effort or have much long-term success with it. Our personal health and fitness goals are no exception. The first step in finding time for fitness is to decide whether or not it's truly important to you to be more active, even if that means rearranging a bit in other areas of your life. Then, once you know your personal motivators, you can begin to use them to your benefit in order to support your efforts to carve out time for exercise. Here's the first step on how to do that:

Write your "Why Bother?" list. Take a few minutes to list your personal reasons for wanting to get or stay committed to regular physical activity. (Do not include reasons that are important to other people or that you think you "should" feel are important.) When writing your list, ask yourself a few questions like: Why now, at this point in my life, should I bother to try to become more active? How will my life be better when I am exercising more? How is increased fitness going to help me? Why is it important to me to be an active person?

Take your time thinking through this exercise. It's important to have at least 1 item on this list before you even begin an exercise program. Next Monday, we will tell you how this list can lead you to increasing your physical activity.

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