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Weight Loss - Finding Time to Exercise
Exercising During Commercials
By Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP
I'm getting up an hour earlier these days. At first I said I'd never be able to
do it: I was already sleep deprived rising at 6 AM how would I ever get up at 5
AM? I'd never be able to get to sleep earlier (this is still true), and a hundred
other reasons why it wouldn't work. And then I tried it, and it does work. I'm
still sleep deprived, but that extra hour in the morning is a Godsend. I love it.
How do you Present Ideas to Yourself?
So why did it take me so long to "just do it?" Probably the way I presented
the idea to myself. Notice I used words such as "never" and "already" as in "I'm
already sleep deprived." I kept telling myself it wouldn't work, that it was a
bad idea and until the first time I actually tried it, I secretly believed
when the alarm rang, I'd just turn it off and go back to sleep. I'd forgotten
how much I enjoy getting up early. Mornings are my best time of day. I'm the
most productive in the morning so it makes sense to give myself an extra hour.
I Don't Have Time to Exercise
Sometimes a small adjustment in how you run your day can help enormously in
freeing up some time for things like exercise. "I don't have time." I hear that
a lot, but if asked, "What's your favorite TV show?" most people can list a few
- hours spent sitting and watching. There's nothing wrong with enjoying some
TV, but there's also no reason you can't exercise during the commercials.
When I was a kid and it was my turn to clean the house, I made a game out of it.
I loved TV, watching probably six or seven hours a day then, so missing a show
to clean was not going to happen. So I'd clean during commercials. Today there
are over 20 minutes of commercial time during each hour of the show. That's
plenty of time for getting things done.
As soon as the show broke for commercial, I'd jump from my chair and dash to
wherever I'd left off. I'd bring in laundry and fold it while I watched. I'd
iron in front of the TV, I'd bring in piles of miscellaneous debris from other
rooms and sort it into piles for where it belonged, then on the next commercial
I'd go put things away.
I'd move from one room to the next, carrying things that belonged there with me,
and returning with things that did not. Eventually the house was clean, and
hadn't missed my programs.
If you enjoy TV, consider how much time there is available during the commercials
and start using it. Whether for exercise or cleaning, or anything else you need
to get done: responding to correspondence, studying, paying bills, grooming the
cat - there are lots of little chores we need to do, no reason we can't carry
them into our TV room and get them done.
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