Adding Workouts into Your Daily Life
If you’re not getting some type of exercise every day, you’re going to find it hard to manage your weight. However, by taking some simple steps, you can add workouts into your daily life and much more easily lose weight or maintain your weight loss. Working out regularly will also help boost your metabolism which helps improve your daily calorie output.
Step 1: Make it a Priority
If you don’t prioritize your weight loss and working out, then you’ll never do it. You will always make time for the things that are most important to you, so unless you make a conscious decision that working out is more important than watching TV or other activities, then you will always choose to do something else instead.
Step 2: Schedule a Time
Why do you go to work at a certain time every day? Because it’s scheduled. In the same way, the best way to make sure you’re adding daily workouts into your life is to schedule a time to do it. Since you are prioritizing working out now, you won’t let anything else get in the way of your scheduled exercise time. It’s ok to be flexible if you need to be, but don’t put off your workout for longer than necessary.
When scheduling a time, pick a time that is best for you. For many people, first thing in the morning is the best time to work out because it ensures that they won’t get too busy with other things and end up forgetting to work out or putting it off until you no longer have time for it. For you, it might be right after work or right before bed.
Step 3: Break it Up
For many people, the thought of spending an hour working out every day is daunting because they don’t feel they have a full, uninterrupted hour to devote to exercise. If this is you, then don’t be afraid to break up your exercises as needed to fit them into your schedule. You could do some cardio first thing in the morning, some strength training after work, and simple combined workout in the evening.
Step 4: Add Workouts to Existing Activities
There are many ways that you can easily add some workouts to what you are already doing during the day. This way, you don’t have to set as much time aside in the day to work out and you might even find that you can reach your daily exercise goals without interrupting your schedule. For example, while you’re waiting for your water to boil, do some standing push-ups against the counter.
Step 5: Self-Motivate
Although it helps to have someone keep you accountable for working out, you need to be able to motivate yourself to work out or you never will. Fortunately, there are a number of ways to self-motivate, like by setting up a reward system, keeping a workout journal, and constantly reminding yourself of why you’re working out in the first place.