What are your priorities?
This is important to get into your head now: We only have time to do what we prioritize. If you want to get into shape, gain more endurance and energy, drop a dress size or two, feel great about your body in a bathing suit, or whatever your reasons for becoming a lean and strong woman are, you MUST protect your regular workout time like the priority that it is.
Start small
If you decide to implement a 30 minute workout a day (whether it be walking, going to a gym, following a workout video at home) choose a time and stick to it, even if there are dirty dishes in the sink, laundry to get done and people to call back. Your health and fitness level affects everything else, investing in your health through daily exercise is proven to improve the overall quality of your life as well as help you meet your weight loss and fitness goals.
Lead by example
Sometimes, however, it isn’t just the things threatening to bite a chunk out of your workout time but the people around you. I learned early on that I sort of had to teach my younger children to understand that this is mommy’s workout time. During times it wasn’t possible to work out with them around I could get very creative in involving them in my workout time. Either way, I was going to get my sweat on!
I have also come to feel strongly that it is important for my children to observe me taking good care of myself. I have heard parenting experts say that it is important for our children to see us taking good care of ourselves. They learn through modeling. If they see us running around always meeting everyone else’s needs but our own, they will likely grow up to do the same thing.
Once I established with my small children (after several workouts) that my workout time was for me, they stopped vying for my attention and gave me the space I needed to complete my short workout. By protecting my regular workout time and place I am communicating to my kids that I live out my priorities and that I am a healthy, balanced person who takes care of others but who also takes care of herself.
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