There is something magical that happens when you start tracking or counting your exercise. It gives you motivation to exceed what you have done and more aware of what you are doing. Many of my clients use loseit.com and now they are synched up with a new product that is only $99 that can help you keep track of how much you are exercising. It is called FITBIT.
What I love about FITBIT is that you can count steps, calories burned; miles walked or run and even keep track of calories you are burning when you are not exercising. There are a few ways to get in your daily exercise to be what I call in the weight loss zone. They are: walk 10,000 steps a day or five miles or burn 400 to 500 calories.
You’ll be amazed once you start to keep track, you have a benchmark against which you can improve. You will want to do more and more to make your goal. If you think being healthy and losing weight is just about the food you eat think again. It is also not just about being a maniac about exercise without the food piece. They are two pieces in to puzzle and you don’t get the results without the other.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the Harvard School of Public Affairs, whose research I respect, determined that after the age of 50 you need to exercise for one hour a day to prevent weight gain. This works out to be a little less than what you have to do to lose weight depending on how hard you are working out. It is not about working out hard, as much as doing something every day you enjoy. If you are looking for a motivational hypnosis for exercise I have one that really works. Here is the link to download it. Once you get hypnotized you fill find you start to enjoy exercise. That is now hypnotism works, it is designed to help you have the thoughts about exercise you want, not the ones that keep you stuck.
Personally, I walk every day in nature. I could not live without that. I also enjoy hiking on weekends and a great yoga class (link to past post on yoga if you have one). I have also found that the yogic breathing I teach which is available in my meditation download is great exercise for the lungs. I am never out of breath. Tel l me what you enjoy doing?
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