Increasing Your Activity Day by Day

There are many ways in which you can work on improving your fitness and losing weight, all without setting foot in a gym.  However, many women feel that they don’t have time for exercise in their daily routine, especially if they work full time.  This is not the case, as every time your move, you are helping to increase your overall level of activity and burning more calories.  Simple changes to your daily routine will add up over time, and you will start to see a difference.

• If you usually take the elevator in buildings, particularly at work, don’t.  Use the stairs instead.  The act of walking upstairs is an excellent way to tone the muscles of your lower body and can also provide a brief cardio workout at the same time.  After a few days of doing this, you will find that you are able to climb the stairs without feeling short of breath when you get to the top.  Once you reach this stage, it is time to pick up the pace and walk more quickly.
• Another easy way to increase the distance you are walking is to park further from your destination and walk for the last part of the journey.  Even if this just involves parking at the far side of the parking lot and walking to the building, doing this every day will increase your fitness level over time.
• Attach a pedometer to your belt or the waist of your skirt.  This is a small device that records the number of steps you take.  Combine this with an app on your phone, such as Gorilla Workout, and keep track of how much walking you do in a day.  It can either be measured in number of steps or the total distance, the choice is yours.  Set yourself a target to increase the distance you walk every day, even if it is just a few steps at a time.
• On your lunch break, do something active.  Get away from your desk and go for a walk, for example.  If you can find a friend or colleague to do this with you, this will help to keep you motivated and ensure that you walk every day.  If not, put some headphones on and listen to music while you walk.  This will stop you from focusing on the exercise and will prevent it from feeling like a chore.
• Find an activity that you enjoy, such as swimming or dancing, and make the effort to do this at least once a week.  You may claim that you don’t have time, but a dance lesson will be no more than an hour long and many will only be thirty minutes.
• Get a workout DVD that you can do at home.  This means that you don’t need to go out and can exercise every time you have a few spare minutes.

Finally, don’t expect to see results immediately.  Increased activity will have an effect, but the changes will take awhile to show.

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