So, 2012 is three days away. Which means the holidays are coming to an end the damage has been done. Time to saddle up and get moving! Burn off those holiday cookies in whatever way gets you motivated. Unfortionately it's not that easy due to everyday life activity.
Before you actually get to the gym the biggest obstacle is leaving your house or work place. You will have excuse after excuse, convincing yourself you have so many other things to do: kids to feed, errands to runs, chores around the house. But why does working out slip lower and lower on your priority list?
Today my sister-in-law said something to me that made a lot of sense. Once she makes the decision to go to the gym she needed to go immediately. She said, "The more time that passes, the more excuses I find not to go." Now this is a woman with two small kids. I was a witness to all the things she could have done instead, but she stuck to her plan and went to the gym. What she did that I thought was clever was she included her kids. Her workout involves swimming so she got her eight-year-old daughter excited about going to the indoor pool at their local YMCA she swims at and had their one-year-old baby clapping when he heard the words, "...play at the YMCA."
This is just one way to get motivated when deciding whether or not to go to the gym. What motivates you?
