{"id":7218,"date":"2010-10-15T11:53:13","date_gmt":"2010-10-15T18:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=7218"},"modified":"2010-10-15T11:53:13","modified_gmt":"2010-10-15T18:53:13","slug":"5-of-americans-exercise-daily","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=7218","title":{"rendered":"5% of Americans Exercise Daily"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent survey found that most Americans do not get daily exercise<\/a>. In fact, “only about 5% of American adults do some type of vigorous physical activity on any given day, according to the results of a new study.” 5%?? Wow! I was floored by that number. I was not expecting it to be so low.<\/p>\n

The article went on to describe the\u00a0sedentary\u00a0lifestyles of Americans. \u00a0For example, many people reported that their only form of exercise was from “eating and drinking (95.6%) and watching television\/movies (80.1%), or light activities such as washing, dressing and grooming (78.9%), and driving a car, truck or motorcycle (71.4%).”<\/p>\n

QUESTION: How often do you exercise? How do you fit it into your busy schedule?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the biggest complaints people have about how hard it is to lose weight is: “I don’t have time to exercise.”<\/p>\n

My school of thought is that there are always ways to find time to exercise and it makes me feel better to move so I love doing it!\u00a0I always find time to fit in my workouts. It’s important to me.<\/p>\n

There are ways to fit it in. I walk 2 miles to my office from where I park. I could easily take the bus (and if it’s pouring rain I often to opt for the bus) but walking briskly for 25 minutes to work makes me alert and happy.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>When I was running, I ran on my lunch break. It saved me money because I didn’t eat lunch out, and I also didn’t go shopping on my lunch break. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I make sure to find time to work out on the weekends because I have more free time and the gym is usually less crowded.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Don’t get me wrong…there are definitely days when I’m feeling less than motivated. Most of the time I get over that once I drag my butt to the gym. Then I get amped up and have a good workout.<\/p>\n

“Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.”\u00a0 ~Plato<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

QUESTION: How to do you motivate yourself to workout and not fall off the wagon?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n


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