Movement Recommendations
Here are some tips that have helped other people move more, burn up calories and feel better. Make sure you give these strategies a good two-week chance before you give up.
● Any sort of movement or activity is better than none. Think about simple ways you can add more activity into your life. Here are some examples:
○ Stand instead of sit
○ Park your car at the back of the parking lot
○ Get off the elevator one floor early and walk down a flight of stairs
● If you’ re not used to exercising start out slowly:
○ Increase your activity by 5 or 10 minutes a week
○ Keep track of your progress on a chart or calendar.
○ Although exercising for 30 minutes a day is the ideal, the 30 minutes can be broken into small parts like
■ Three 10-minute periods.
■ Two 15-minute periods
■ Even six 5-minute periods( if you are out of shape)
● Get the TV out of your bedroom and get rid of the remote.
○ You’ ll sleep better with no TV in the bedroom
○ If you want to change channels, you’ ll need to stand up and move.
○ Use the commercial breaks as a signal to stand up and move around.
● Make the time you spend being active, pleasurable:
○ Get a friend to walk with you
○ Listen to music or books on tape
○ If you’ re outside listen to the birds, enjoy the feeling of the sun, look around you’ ll be surprised how much better you’ ll feel
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