Time for Mom - Exercising
I know, I know. Forget the “F-Word”. What we really don’t want to hear is the E-Word. But the truth is we need to think about it because we need exercise to be healthy.
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Lately I’ve been giving it some thought because I frequently find myself sluggish and tired. Part of the problem is that my internal clock doesn’t often allow me to go to bed before midnight and I’m up at 6:30 on weekdays, 7:30 if I’m lucky on a weekend. I know part of it is my laziness though, so even though I’m satisfied with my weight, I’m trying to shape up for my overall health.
The biggest problem for me is that I hate formal exercise. I get very gung-ho about workouts on DVD for the first few times and then it loses all its appeal. I am also not a gym person; I got a membership several years ago and it was the same story where I was diligent and went at the beginning, then ended up never going back.
For me, I really need to sneak it in. If it doesn’t really feel like exercise then I’m more apt to do it. I go to the park with my kids and I chase them, climb the slides with them, play soccer with them, act silly. I’ve even started to do chin-ups on the monkey bars (I forgot how tough those are on the ab muscles, yikes!).
I’ll put music on and the three of us will dance around the living room. While I’m at it I throw in some jumping jacks and lunges.
In between it all I try to remember to do crunches and lunges and push-ups.
Still, it’s not really enough. I need something more set in stone and less sporadic.
I remember about a decade ago (wow, I feel old) I took kung fu and I was in the best shape of my life. What was great about it was that it just made me feel strong, it never ever felt like actual exercise to me. I would do two hours a day five days a week, sometimes six. I’m wondering if it’s time to look into doing some sort of martial art again because that’s the sort of thing I need to really get me into something, basically tricking me into working out. Or maybe a hip hop dance class or something like that. I’d love to try belly dancing but there’s nothing like that around my area.
I just know I need to do something because I’m tired of feeling so groggy and relying on forcing myself to do it.
How do you exercise? Are you a die-hard aerobics class fan? A runner? Jazzercise? Share your secrets and tips.
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1 opinion for Time for Mom - Exercising
Ginny
May 30, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I hate exercising to be honest. I usually walk to get something in. I want to get into yoga more. I do it some, but really want to get on a more regular schedule with it.
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