When people find out that I am 36, they remark how young I look for my age. I thought I would use my blog as the opportunity to pass along some of my beauty secrets. First, don’t have children because the emotional weight and responsibility it requires puts lines on your face and gray in your hair…just kidding. Now untangle your panties because anyone can achieve results with just a little work, and busy mommies especially deserve the extra energy that being healthier gives you.
I know you have heard it a million times but I have found that the key to staying fit is moderation. When I first began attempts to get healthy, I made all of the classic mistakes: I worked out too hard and overtaxed my body resulting in longer periods of time between workouts. My workout routine turned around (and I was able to push my amount of exercise from 3 times a week to 5 times a week where I really started seeing results) when I would focus on simpler activities for 30 minutes a day. I gave myself the permission to stray away from heavy aerobics and intense weight routines. It was when I started a walking through my neighborhood or roller-skating the path that runs through my local park that I began to look forward to workouts. While I like to vary the intensity so that I get in a tougher workout now and again, I listen to my body and it tells when it’s time to go to the gym. I have come to crave my activity time as my moving meditation and relish the energy that getting my blood pumping gives me. Besides the boost in confidence, I have the energy to pursue goals that I would have put off before.
My imagination has grown as I give myself time to daydream 5 days a week while I have become inspired by the beauty of nature on my daily walk through the woods…I haven’t felt this good since I was a kid roaming the backyard 7 days a week. We get so busy with the myriad responsibilities of being adults that we forget our highest responsibility to the vehicle that we travel this earth with; this body is a gift that we do not get to keep forever. Treat it kindly, and have fun with it! Overcome that voice in your head and take the time today to walk for 30 minutes. Take a mental inventory of what you feel at the end of that time – it could be a physical surge in energy, a solution to a problem that you’ve been mulling over, or much needed peace for your soul – and then do me a favor, let me know what you gained!
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July 15, 2008 at 7:09 pm |
I took your advice and took a nice walk to clear my head. It was great and I felt exhilarated at the end. Well, not exhilarated but simply…better. It gave me a minute to self reflect while getting my heart-rate up. Anyway, thanks for the advice and I’ll try to keep it up.
July 16, 2008 at 7:48 pm |
Yes, Jay..you have discovered the same side effect that pleasantly surprised me as well – the opportunity for reflection that comes when focusing on the physical!