The end of the month of February, and my February Fitness Challenge, is rapidly approaching. It’s been a good and bad month. I definitely achieved a higher level of physical activity and created motivation for myself.
Nevertheless, I found many days I was overwhelmed by other commitments, mostly work related, that kept me busy until late into the evening and made exercise a definite challenge.
By setting my fitness goal, which was to get at least 30 minutes of continuous exercise every day during February, I discovered that I want to exercise and feel healthier but that is not always my highest priority. When I set the goal, I thought I could pull it off with complete success because 30 minutes seemed manageable. What I discovered is that I felt the need to get some things done at work and on several occasions I did not get home until after 9 pm.
As a result, many days I did the minimum 30 minutes and some days I got exercise but only 20 minutes. In the last few days I encountered my greatest challenge. I worked quite late three days in a row and did nothing but go to sleep when I got home. Today was the third day and I forced myself to get the exercise.
I will need a new goal once March arrives and I’m still contemplating how to structure it for maximum effectiveness.
Tags: exercise plan, Fitness, Goal Setting, motivation
