No one expects you to get up off of the couch and start running a marathon. All you have to do is get up off of the couch. Not feeling like getting up off of the couch? Grab some bigger cans out of your food pantry and raise them up and down like hand weights. Stand up and touch your toes. Or your knees. Whatever you can reach. Walk out into your yard and pull some weeds. Be a little more active every day.
Sometimes, I don't feel like exercising at all. I have to convince myself that I must do something, anything. Instead of running, I walk on the treadmill. I try to mix it up a little bit and walk backwards on it. You have to be careful when you do this, the treadmill has to go slower so you can get into a rhythm. Or I just do some time on the bike. I put my ear buds in and my You-Tube educational videos on and ride. By the way, that is one thing that helps pass the time in any fitness activity. If you find music you like, or an app that lets you run through the countryside or something fun on the TV that passes the time in front of the treadmill, it always makes exercising easier. It doesn't matter what you believe you can do or what helps you do it better. Just make sure you do it.
I think I can, I think I can...
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