| If you're like most people, finding time for exercise is | | | | while she was exercising. You may not be interested |
| difficult. Here are my "top 10" tips to help you in that | | | | in taking it that far but you can certainly cut out a few |
| quest.. | | | | hours of television a week to make time for exercise. |
| 1. Make exercise a priority. We all make time in our | | | | 5. Wake up earlier in the morning to exercise. Try |
| lives for the things that are most important to us. If I | | | | going to sleep a little earlier and getting up a little earlier |
| told you I'd give you a million dollars if you exercised | | | | to get your exercise done first thing in the morning. |
| everyday for the next 30 days, would you do it? Sure | | | | 6. Spend 30 minutes or so exercising on your lunch |
| you would, because it would suddenly become a | | | | break. |
| priority. If you're serious about finding time for exercise, | | | | 7. Get a book rack for your stair climber or treadmill |
| then it must be a priority in your life. | | | | and spend some of your reading time exercising. |
| 2. Block out the same time period everyday for | | | | 8. Visit with your spouse or friend while walking around |
| exercise. This way it becomes part of your daily | | | | the neighborhood rather than sitting on the couch. |
| routine just like brushing your teeth. Vehemently guard | | | | 9. Take a couple of days to write down how you |
| this time period. It is your time to take care of yourself. | | | | spend your time everyday, then determine how you |
| 3. Exercise first thing in the morning. This is when your | | | | can better use your time to fit in exercise. |
| exercise time is least likely to get interrupted by other | | | | 10. Make your exercise as enjoyable as possible. You |
| things. | | | | will be much more likely to find time for things you |
| 4. Turn off the television. The average adult spends 16 | | | | enjoy. |
| hours per week watching television. One of my clients | | | | Get movin'! |
| told me that she resolved to only watch television | | | | |