Aiming to get fit can feel like an enormous insurmountable goal. If you are overweight and lackluster about exercise then the thought of running every day is akin to participating in a marathon. Unobtainable. What if there were an easier way? What if you could reach your goal by taking small steps. What if you simply decided to do ten squats and 10 lunges a day? Is that possible? Is that achievable even in the busiest schedule? Can you spare 10 minutes every morning before you even brush your teeth? Picture yourself doing it - every day. This is based on the Japanese philosophy - Kaizen - continuous improvement. what it produces is big results over time. Continuous small changes accumulated over time result in a big improvement.
Even if you do not move on to do more exercise in the future - and you will because once you are in the habit and start to get fit you will want to do more and will seek out further ways to improve.So even if you do not do more, 10 squats and 10 lunges a day will have an impact on your health, fitness and looks. Do it for 30 days and see if you notice a change in your energy, vitality and physique. Then another 30 days. Then another.
Nobody is successful by accident. It is as a result of the choices they made and the actions they took. do not be overwhelmed by the enormity of the task ahead and then choose to do nothing. Instead, take one small step at a time. A habit will then form. We are all creatures of habit. what we do every day is what we are. You can change that little by little. Do not aim for perfection straight off and then collapse in despair as your ideal is out of reach. No athlete just turned up and won on the field. They won by their practise. Their dedication and resolve and their daily habits.
Everything you do in your life is a choice. Whether you are conscious of your decisions or simply drift through life, you do make them. From the moment you awake to the time you fall off to sleep you are making choices all day long. You choose what to eat and where to go, who to talk to and what to say. You choose whether to be gracious and friendly, rude and curt, dismissive, playful, this is you choosing to be you. People will judge who you are based on your behaviour. If you are overweight it is not by accident. It is through choice. Yours. If you choose not to exercise you choose not to operate your body at it's best. It is that simple. Take responsibility for who you are. Now, if you don't like it make a choice to change it. Not easy but simple. Make the choice today.
