Monday Motivation

“Your life can be amazing, but the only one who’s going to make that happen is you.”

Just before the new year started, I read this quote over at one of my favorite sites, Get Rich Slowly.  This idea can be applied to any part of your life but today I want to relate it to fitness.

Getting started with a new fitness program is easier said than done.  You can’t decide which activity to start with, when is the best time, where you’re going to work out.  What if you choose a DVD with a routine that’s too difficult?  What if you’re self-conscious at the gym?  What if your aerobics instructor is a perfect goddess and you hate her?!

Guess what?  The choices you make today are not written in stone.  You aren’t stuck with any of them.  The point is to just do something.  Promise yourself that you will do some activity related to improving your fitness and take the first step, even if it is a baby step.   I will take a 5 minute walk before my shower today.  I will do the first 10 minutes of my new workout video.  Don’t enjoy those activities?  Pick something else for tomorrow.  Stop thinking about it, stop procrastinating, stop making excuses.  Just do something and do it today!