Let's say we blow a few more winter cobwebs from our minds!
I know you're busy. We've got clubs, kids, jobs and homes to take care of. Some of us are even caretakers to our parents. We have dogs to train, cats to groom and birds to RE-train. Our TV's need watching, our ballgames need cheering, and our papers need reading. Our significant others need cuddling, our kids need hugging, and our buds need a beer.
But what about us?
Don't you think you're at a point in your life where you could devote some extra time to YOU? Remember that goal of getting into better shape? How is that coming along?
It's great that you are out there walking, maybe stretching to the bird songs. But its time to do even more.
Get a pedometer and keep track. Set some goals. Push yourself. Call a friend and enlist his or her help to stay motivated! Get that bike out from back of the garage. Buy a new seat for it. One of the more comfortable ones made for our size. Commit to a gym membership. Many gyms now have times set aside just for men or just for women.
Call a friend and make plans to met and spend 1 or 2 hours walking through the Home Depot or Lowe's and talk about all the projects you'd like to do. Then do some of them!
Or find the closest farmers' market and go once a week. Spend enough time to see the whole thing. This is the best way to get some of the freshest produce and learn about some you have probably never thought of before.
It is so important to keep moving and to increase your opportunity for movement whenever possible. Often, the hardest part is just getting started. However, most of us find that once inertia has begun, it's not so bad. It could even be fun!
This Week's Challenge:
Pick one thing that you'd like to do but because of your current health you cannot.
Write it down.
Now, who do you know, or who could you contact, to help you reach that goal?
Write their names down.
Next, decide what the best way to contact them should be.
Schedule a time and date to get in touch with them.
Finally, Do it! Go ahead!
Then come back here and keep us up to date with how it is going.
Tip of the Day
Don't get stuck in a rut by doing the same thing every week. Mix your activities up. If you make a schedule for yourself, at least for the 1st month, it will help you keep on task!
To the journey,
Toni A. Tripp
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About Dr. Garrison
In founding the Garrison Center for Healthy Living, Dr. Garrison aims to do far more than perform surgery. "We understand the challenges of struggling with your weight, and we are pleased to be helping patients with the long-term transformation to a healthier lifestyle." To ensure success with this process, Dr. Garrison encourages patients to participate in the center's activities on an ongoing basis, including pre- and post-surgical support of all forms, nutritional counseling, healthy cooking parties, clothing exchanges, peer support groups, and other services.
Dr. Garrison is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in bariatric surgery. He performs minimally invasive Roux-en-Y and LapBand procedures at the Center for Weight Loss Surgery, St. Clare's Hospital, New Jersey.
Dr. Garrison is a board-certified general surgeon specializing in bariatric surgery. He performs minimally invasive Roux-en-Y and LapBand procedures at the Center for Weight Loss Surgery, St. Clare's Hospital, New Jersey.
Welcome to our new blogwriter, Toni Tripp!
Having spent most of her adult life living in California, Toni now lives in Michigan with her two teenagers, three dogs, one cat and various other strange life forms. Toni feels her family is proof that life is a journey.
Having spent most of her adult life living in California, Toni now lives in Michigan with her two teenagers, three dogs, one cat and various other strange life forms. Toni feels her family is proof that life is a journey.
This Issue’s Challenge
Chose two different kinds of drinks that you are most often drawn to, say soda pop or juice, and replace them with cool, clean tasting water. Remain diligent for 3 weeks. Then assess yourself and see if you haven’t been able to break your dependence on some of those less healthy alternatives.
Congratulate yourself!
Today's Tip
Fill your water bottle ½ way and place it in the freezer overnight. Before you head out the door in the morning, top it off with room temperature water. Now you have a cool drink you can easily refresh for most of the day! Please, be sure not to toss your bottle out at the end of the day. It will go straight to a landfill and sit there for years! Instead, reuse your bottle over and over and help your environment out, just a bit.
1 comment:
These are great, easy to accomplish ideas that anyone of any fitness level can do. What a great reminder of ways to fit exercise (and some socialization) into a busy schedule. Keep those ideas coming!
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