Finding time for 30 minutes of moderate, regular exercise, to stay healthy doesn’t seem too much to expect most days. Or does it? How can we squeeze another moment into our lives filled with demanding bosses, kid’s soccer practice and those forever reoccurring mealtimes? Making time for exercise is tougher that it sounds and is the most common cause of the sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle in many western nations.

We can’t all afford a personal trainer or to employ staff to organize our schedules around an exercise routine but there are many busy individuals who prioritize regular exercise and stay committed to this, regardless of life’s ups or downs, its peak times or quieter moments. This is how three people include and benefit from the exercise in their lives.

Jane a physiotherapist has a husband, three kids and a physiotherapy practice of her own. She has plenty to keep her busy so exercise must be something she enjoys for it to ‘get a guernsey’ in her schedule. She tried a gym membership but was unmotivated by the indoor setting and turned to outside activities instead. Exercise there means that her children can join her on bike rides and fun runs.

With no extended family living nearby and without a nanny Jane needs to schedule the delivery and collection of her kids to and from school, ballet, soccer and swimming. She and her husband share child care so that they both get a chance to exercise, even if its not always together. Time for regular exercise is prioritized in the same way as any of the other occasions that are part of their week. Both parents enjoys modeling a healthy lifestyle to their kids and Jane is fitter than she has ever been.

Rob is a flight attendant. On a succession of long distance plane flights he gained weight over two years. He wanted to regain his previously healthy body. Regular exercise seemed the way to do this but with irregular living arrangements in different parts of the world, Rob couldn’t join the soccer, tennis or basketball team.

He chose instead, individualized exercise and took up running and swimming. He used hotel gyms or walked around local parks. He doubled his aerobic capacity over time by establishing low running expectations and then exceeding these. He has reached his goal weight and if he hasn’t run for a while these days, he follows the C25K program ‘Couch to Five Kilometers with an alternating schedule of running and walking to regain his fitness.

Marco owns a popular restaurant. As a chef he contends with the double dilemma of a demanding work schedule and being surrounded by tempting food each day. Marco schedules lifting weights and running at the gym near his home three mornings a week en route to work. This is a more successful arrangement than the gym near his work as he could never get away from the restaurant to make gym sessions. Sometimes he books a personal trainer to challenge and motivate him. Marco doesn’t like exercising alone but he values time on the treadmill away from others and his cell phone.

None of these exercisers are exercise ‘nuts’ but they have each learned to accommodate it as an important part of their lives. Is then, the answer to the challenge of regular exercise and better health the capacity to settle for less than perfect lives?

Jane and her husband balance what was previously joint time with their family. Rob works out alone away from home when he’d prefer to play sport with friends and Marco gets up earlier than he’d like three times a week. Despite this, each person interviewed works, takes care of their families and stays healthy.

If they can settle for life a little less perfect life to accommodate exercise and a healthier future, can you?

Warm regards

Rowena French

For theteam@MightyDigitalDownloads.com

Transforming Lives, One Person at a Time

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Rowena French counts regular exercise as one her greatest achievements after many past failures. She power walks her neighborhood daily listening to downloaded podcats on her iPod! Want to learn more about the benefits of exercise for weight loss and healthy living? Read more about regular exercise and healthy eating on my website www.findweightlosstips.com

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