The Secret why Diet and Exercise isn’t Working for You

Photographer: Wendy Spickerman

Wendy Spickerman

The one thing I have learned about staying fit is “You have to enjoy it”.

If you’re starting a diet or exercise routine, ask yourself why you are doing it. Are you doing it because you have a health issue with your weight, maybe low self-esteem or are those New Year resolutions kicking in?

If you’re starting a diet or exercise routine because you feel you have too…

Nine times out of Ten it’s NOT Going to Work.

And here’s why…

Not even I, myself like to do something because I have too. Did you ever really like do something because you were told too? No!

People tend to GET MORE out of things they LIKE DOING. We tend to ENJOY DOING things we have an INTEREST in doing . And we KEEP doing it because it makes us FEEL GOOD inside.

It makes a lot of sense if you think about it. Women go shopping for clothes all the time because they LOVE buying clothes! Men LOVE their cars, building things, working out, sports… do you see where I’m going with all this?

So today… RIGHT NOW… grab a pen and paper. I want you to write down all the things you LOVE doing and we are going to turn that into a working fitness, healthy life, and healthy living tool.

If you love shopping I don’t want you to go to just one place. I want you to make a day of it. Trust me it works! If you don’t have a pedometer get one. You can find them at Five Below, Walmart, Target any fitness store and ladies if you’re at the mall trust me, they are there too!

Slap that bad boy on your hip and walk. I walk everywhere! Are you really driving to the store three blocks away! Step out that front door and walk! I walk anywhere from around the corner to fifteen miles. Don't freak! I’m not expecting you to walk fifteen miles. Some of you just turned white as a ghost!

I’m not saying do it all the time. I’m saying just do it once a week. I want you to start sending in replies whether it’s in comments here or an email to wendyspickerman@gmail.com . I want to hear you ladies say, “Hey, I went shopping today and we walked the whole mall.” Or how about, “We parked at one store and we walked to two other stores shopping, than back to the car we went.”

Don’t put those packages away! Carry them! Here’s why… you’re walking.. you’re carrying things… you’re now walking with more weight then what you started with. Ladies.. you’re working out and you don’t even know it! Does it feel like a workout! No! Why… because you’re doing something you LOVE doing!

It’s that simple! Do you love to garden? Great! Spend two hours in the garden pulling out those weeds, carry that waste to depose of it, bending, lifting. It’s a natural healthy workout. Plus, you’re getting sun, something the body needs.

Guys, that goes for you too. Shoveling that snow is a natural healthy workout if done right! Why not carry those groceries in for that special someone. You get a workout, she feels respected as a woman because you offered to help her or even better yet do it for her! And it doesn’t even feel like a gym plus, you’re working on your relationship. It’s a WIN WIN situation!

At 45 years of age, I like to stay active. Trust me; if you had trouble sleep before, this is going to help you sleep too. Just remember to say hydrated whatever you plan on doing. I don’t want you to worry about a scale or over doing it. When we start making demands on ourselves that’s when we start losing interest. And if you lose interest you’re not doing it right. Change it up go shopping one week, clean out your closet the next.

I like to do a few things to keep tone. That’s all I really want, that feminine body look. You’re probably thinking, “Good like with that.” I’m sure you’re thinking, “Nothing works.” Ask yourself does it not work because you stop to soon or is it because you have a very low metabolism to start with?

Here at Growing Old Gracefully – Fitness and You, I’m going to share many of my secrets to getting fit and staying fit. So be sure to follow, share, even tweet my blog posts. Until next time!