Weight Loss: Finding Time to Exercise by Kathryn Martyn, M.NLP

Exercising During Commercials

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

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BIO:

Kathryn Martyn, Master NLP Practitioner, author of the free
e-book: Changing Beliefs, Your First Step to Permanent Weight
Loss, and owner of http://www.OneMoreBite-Weightloss.com

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