Balance out the Good and the Not So Good!
When setting out on the long a winding trek of discovering overall wellness, I find it really useful to try to make a list of all the positive benefits exercising has on your life. This can range from giving you more energy to reducing your health ailments and beyond. The list should be pretty long. Once this list has been created, a good tip is to post it somewhere
that you will see regularly and can serve as a reminder to you as to why you need to workout.
Another excellent task to carry out on a regular basis which doesn't really take much time - is what I call a 'decisional balance'. This, once completed will outline potentially to you personally what are all the good and less good things of having health and exercise and NO health and exercise in your life!
To do this - simply get a sheet of paper and draw a line across the middle of the paper, and one vertically down the middle of the paper to create a large '+' type sign. Then, title the top left box 'Good things - Exercise', title the top right box 'Good things - NO Exercise', then title the bottom left box ' Less Good things - Exercise' and the bottom right box ' Less Good things - NO Exercise'.
Then sit quitely on your own, and spend as long as you want to complete all the boxes. Write what personally you feel should go in each box. For example: Good - Exercise = Stronger, tone, slimmer etc. and in the box: Good - NO Exercise = More time with family, time for other recreational activity etc.
Once you have completed this task, and all the boxes have been written in, it will show you personally how you tip on a decisional balance scale - and what is important to you or not. If you notice many things swinging in the favour of exercise and health, then this means it is important to you to achieve whatever goals you have set yourself, however, you have also highlighted possible barriers, and negative feelings towards exercise in other boxes.
This isn't a bad thing, as we all have them, it just means you will be able to put into place systems to overcome the barriers and feelings if and when they arise.
Review this decisional balance regularly, and re-write if your goals and ambitions ever change. If you would like to talk over what you end up writing with a fitness professional, then feel free to contact me by phone or email, at absolutefitness@fsmail.net or visit my website for details on how absolute fitness can help you!
Good luck tipping the balance...
When setting out on the long a winding trek of discovering overall wellness, I find it really useful to try to make a list of all the positive benefits exercising has on your life. This can range from giving you more energy to reducing your health ailments and beyond. The list should be pretty long. Once this list has been created, a good tip is to post it somewhere
that you will see regularly and can serve as a reminder to you as to why you need to workout.Another excellent task to carry out on a regular basis which doesn't really take much time - is what I call a 'decisional balance'. This, once completed will outline potentially to you personally what are all the good and less good things of having health and exercise and NO health and exercise in your life!
To do this - simply get a sheet of paper and draw a line across the middle of the paper, and one vertically down the middle of the paper to create a large '+' type sign. Then, title the top left box 'Good things - Exercise', title the top right box 'Good things - NO Exercise', then title the bottom left box ' Less Good things - Exercise' and the bottom right box ' Less Good things - NO Exercise'.
Then sit quitely on your own, and spend as long as you want to complete all the boxes. Write what personally you feel should go in each box. For example: Good - Exercise = Stronger, tone, slimmer etc. and in the box: Good - NO Exercise = More time with family, time for other recreational activity etc.
Once you have completed this task, and all the boxes have been written in, it will show you personally how you tip on a decisional balance scale - and what is important to you or not. If you notice many things swinging in the favour of exercise and health, then this means it is important to you to achieve whatever goals you have set yourself, however, you have also highlighted possible barriers, and negative feelings towards exercise in other boxes.
This isn't a bad thing, as we all have them, it just means you will be able to put into place systems to overcome the barriers and feelings if and when they arise.
Review this decisional balance regularly, and re-write if your goals and ambitions ever change. If you would like to talk over what you end up writing with a fitness professional, then feel free to contact me by phone or email, at absolutefitness@fsmail.net or visit my website for details on how absolute fitness can help you!
Good luck tipping the balance...
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