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Incorporating a Healthy Lifestyle for Busy Professionals

The 10 Common Pitfalls of Working Professionals and their Fitness
1. Don’t have any goals
2. Don’t have a plan
3. Don’t have accountability
4. Don’t make the time
5. Don’t have healthy habits
6. Don’t have the knowledge
7. Family responsibilities too great
8. Job responsibilities get in the way
9. Low energy levels when time is available
10. It isn’t a priority
11. Don’t have a routine that supports fitness
12. Procrastination gets in the way
13. Excuses

Identifying the Misconceptions regarding Fitness
1. Fitness isn’t a priority when you are young
2. If you eat well, you don’t need to exercise as much
3. You have to choose one activity (gym, or tennis)
4. You have to follow a fitness routine that is set in stone – (alter depending on factors)
5. Small things don’t matter-(stairs, walking)
6. It has to be all or nothing – (3×15 min better than nothing)
7. You need to know how to exercise
8. Cardio is enough to satisfy fitness needs
9. It isn’t traditionally fun –
10. Have to feel like you are being punished
11. Genetics plays the strongest role in your health
12. If you lift weights you’ll get bulky – (women)

Things you can do tomorrow to begin integrating fitness into your life:
1. Sit down and set some ‘realistic’ goals for yourself - S.M.A.R.T. goals
2. Write a strategic plan
3. Schedule in exercise time
4. Accountability – training partner, trainer. Tell others goals
5. Look at ways to integrate your fitness with other activities (Family, business)
6. Small cycles-daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly with rewards
7. Once you start to move your energy will go up – stairs, lunch walk
8. Start looking at your actions as healthy or unhealthy. Start there.
9. Schedule activities for the family that involve movement
10. Look at how to share child minding if that is a consideration
11. Incorporate healthy eating habits – What, Quantity, Frequency, Timing
12. Rid home of food that is not conducive to your goals
13. Know that there will be ups and downs and be accepting of both
14. Look for consistency with flexibility
15. And of course…consider hiring a trainer to get your started.

Bonus tip: Visualize - not only what you want to feel & look like but also the actions to get you there. eg visualize workout & meals