What's your excuse?

What's your excuse? Don't get standoffish with this question. Every one has a busy life. Between kids, work, school, after school activities, volunteering, etc, etc, it's hard to find the time let alone the energy to workout. My excuse to not go after my fitness goals was, "I'm tired." I work and volunteer a lot. It's common for me only be home 2 days in a 2 week period at times. 

As I mentioned I my introduction, I am an airline pilot so my schedule is always changing. 12-14 hour workdays and well as getting up at different times of the day are common. It's hard to adjust my body to all these changes. Add my volunteering to this, and my time becomes a luxury. I travel to volunteer so in itself, 2-4 days or gone once every few weeks when I volunteer. With all of this traveling, my body gets tired fast. I always used this excuse to not workout. I thought that inward already doing and moving enough that a workout was not necessary. This is where I gained all of those pounds and got to the worse shape of my life. 

When I began to workout, I realized something. Not only did I lose weight and felt better, I had more energy everyday. I began to be able to run more, snowboard longer, not need to take as many naps, perform better at work, and get home and have the energy to go out. Turns out my excuse was not valid.

Now I am not saying everyone's excuse is not valid. I was just showing that adding some workouts to my daily routine enhanced my life overall. Take this story as an inspiration for you to spend 20 minutes a day on the treadmill or outside, to do sit ups or crunches, or be a little more active with your kids. You'll be amazed what more you'll be able to do with more energy. 

For those who have a hard time finding workouts that are quick, or are not going to kill you the first time you try, I have some ideas for you. Come back soon and see what they are! Until then, think about ways to become a little more active everyday.