I have just been speaking to a neighbour who has finally started exercising and eating less. She’s lost around 28 pounds. One of the things she said is that she can’t believe how well she feels. Her son has been trying to persuade her to take exercise for years but she’s always resisted. Now she wishes she had started earlier and is trying to persuade her husband to start exercising. She was so excited and happy - it was good to see.
Exercise excuses? Here are the answers to all the reasons you give yourself for not exercising.
I was talking to another friend yesterday. She’s a keen cyclist usually but hasn’t done so much lately. She’s also been losing weight but has lost motivation. A week ago we went for a bike ride together, and she came back fired up to get active again. Stupidly (and she admits it herself) the very next day she did an abs class, went for a short bike ride and went for a run. The next day she could hardly move. Instead of having a really active week, she had one active day followed by a fair amount of pain, so if you haven’t exercised much, start slowly and build up gradually.
