Add some exercise as invisibly as you can into most things that you do. When you go shopping, if you're in the car - maybe you don't have to be? - park further away, and thus walk more.
Whilst running may carry joint disruption consequences, do the occasional sprint, just to add some spark into your routine. Even if it's just a couple of minutes popping somewhere, it revitalises and reminds you of your energetic potential.
As others say, have goals - for weight loss and fitness. My gut feel is that weight loss and fitness are parts of being healthier, so having health goals could be ideal, including these - maybe get your cholesterol and blood pressure checked too, to check that all's good. If not, you could work on these.
Use visualisation to see yourself as you want to be. This is alluring to our minds, and helps create a new reality. Your goals should be realistic, not punishing. Research healthy weight loss levels - ie. not 10 pounds a week etc (not that you'd need that much).
The pareto principle states that we get 80% of our results from 20% of our efforts, so look at what will give you the biggest returns with the 20% effort, rather than just 20% results from a slogging 80% effort. Review this as you go on, to see what the next 20% effort will give the 80% results.
Gym memberships are often long contracts, so think and choose carefully if you use a gym. Whilst contractual commitment can be useful, for many people the only ongoing input is cash flow that they're paying long term, whilst not really using the facilities. As others state, a personal trainer could be useful.
Be prepared for fast initial gains, ie weight losses, that will slow down, as your body tried to regain its previous 'normal' weight. Don't be demotivated by 'failure', just learn from it, if it happens, and expect that not everything will go swimmingly. This way, when something unexpected happens, it's not a shock demotivator.
With commitment, tenacity and flexibility about how you achieve your goals, then you're more likely to get there. It's often said that exercising with others helps sustain motivation etc, so look to see who might help you. Likewise, share your goals with supportive friends, as publicly agreeing something has swaying power.
For exercise, engage with those things that are interesting to you, not just fads. They need to be fairly easy to do, so preferably not the other end of the country etc.
Look at your diet, and work out which effort will gain you that 80% success - is it having regular meals on smaller plates, cutting a certain type of item out, such as alcohol, chocolate, fatty meat, or just the way that food's cooked. By the way, smaller plates and dishes are helpful, as they guide us to feel that we're eating more, even if there's a little less.
Hope these tips help, and I've lots more, if you'd like. Good luck!! |
