Holly_Morris's Blog

I haven't blogged in a little while... okay, a long while. I promise to be better in the new year!! (Or so I tell myself) And speaking of New Year's resolutions, is one of yours to get fit?

If so, you know you are not alone. Losing weight and/or getting healthier is the number one New Year's resolution. (which is why the gyms are jammed in January). Similarly, however, losing weight and/or getting healthier is the number one resolution that is broken, say.... come February!

So how do you you really begin and, furthermore, follow through with this goal?

This morning, I posed that very question to the staff at the newest location of Results Gym in northwest D.C. And their answer....

ANY EXERCISE IS BETTER THAN NO EXERCISE!!

Let that sink in a minute. Time is an excuse we can and do all use. Either we don't think we have enough or the amount we think is required to make a difference seems like too much. We get overwhelmed with trying to fit it in and/or trying to do an amount that is unrealistic for our level.

In other words... if you can only exercise for 5 minutes (5 minutes of running in place or 5 minutes of toning exercises), then do the 5 minutes. It may not seem like a lot, but 5 minutes is better than no minutes. On another day, you might be able to take a walk for 20 minutes. The point is... make activity (ANY amount... no matter how small) a habit.

It will pay off. And before you know it... you might just find those pants fitting a little looser or your energy level a little higher.

To look at it another way. I am currently training to run a marathon. Now a marathon is 26.2 miles. That is very far! And for me... overwhelming in terms of thinking of the race and distance in its entirety. What I do instead is think of running 2 miles at a time. For me, very doable physically and mentally. Thus, when I run the marathon, I will simply run 2 miles... 13 times.

Give it a try and, who knows, come 2009... you just might have to come up with a different new year's resolution!