So, because I am at the heaviest I've ever been and diabetes is a thing on both sides of my family, I really need to keep myself on track and on the way to a healthier life style. Hence the blog, which keeps me thinking about fitness and staying healthy, and a few motivational things I've found on Pinterest.
One thing I did recently was start a fitness board on Pinterest, and this has helped keep me in the mindset of 'what can I do to be healthy?'
I found a few visual ideas on Pinterest that I have really liked, and so I copied them and took my own pictures!
One is the cup of exercises idea, which I found on Pinterest where they used popsicle sticks with exercises on them and two cups labeled "To Do" and "Done"
I used strips of paper because I didn't have popsicle sticks and made sure to include several exercises that worked on each part of the body. (Core, ab, leg, arm, etc). I made a LOT of these, so I plan on doing a rep of whatever I take out of the cup and see how many I can get through in 30 minutes.
I also found another visual aid that I really enjoy, that I keep by the bathroom scale. Two jars, one with marbles in it labeled "Pounds I want to lose" and the other "Pounds destroyed". This one I really like because it is so rewarding to take a marble from the 'pounds to lose' jar and add it to the 'pounds destroyed jar'!
I have to admit, after Thanksgiving I had to do the opposite of this, where a pound lost became a pound gained, but it reminded me that eating pie does indeed have consequences. Alas.
Lastly, I turned my den where I usually veg out into a pseudo workout room, where I am reminded to exercise if I have not yet done so that day.
I hope any of these ideas might be useful for others, good luck and hang in there!
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