Rough Week?

I was speaking with one of my clients last week and asked how her workouts were going. Her response was, "it's been a rough week." Have you noticed that just about every week is a "rough week." By that I mean that things just don't happen exactly as you'd like them to. A variety of circumstances affect your schedule and your available time.

With that in mind, if you're going to exercise on a regular basis, exercise has to be high enough on your priority list to survive the "rough weeks." For example, during "rough weeks" do you eat, sleep, and brush your teeth every day? Of course you do, because they are priorities in your life.

If exercise is important enough to you then put it high on your priority list. Make your exercise "rough week" proof. Here are two things that can be very helpful..

1. Block out the same time period everyday for exercise. This makes it a priority in your life. You're declaring that this period of time is prioritized for exercise. Don't let anything change that. No cell phones, (egad!), no regular phones, no meetings, no nothing - just time for you!

2. Keep some type of record of what you do. This helps people to make exercise a priority. Even if you just jot down how many minutes you exercise every day. Step back and look at the big picture. Regular exercise is not only important for your health, fitness, and weight loss now, but also for the rest of your life. Don't struggle with trying to exercise consistently for the rest of your life. Make exercise an absolute priority now. If you don't have your health, you don't have anything (in this life)!

Til next time...