{"id":805,"date":"2012-01-31T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T07:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-daily-habits-for-2012-habit-9-exercise-a-little-every-day\/"},"modified":"2015-07-25T17:03:58","modified_gmt":"2015-07-25T21:03:58","slug":"twelve-daily-habits-for-2012-habit-9-exercise-a-little-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/characterinkblog.com\/twelve-daily-habits-for-2012-habit-9-exercise-a-little-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Twelve Daily Habits for 2012&#8211;Habit #9: Exercise a Little Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Habit #9: Exercise a Little Every Day<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you have read Positive Parenting long, you have probably heard me say that I am an \u201call or nothing type of person.\u201d This mindset can be either really great or absolutely horrible. It is really great when I have the time and energy to put \u201call\u201d into something and come out with something wonderful because I gave it my all. It\u2019s absolutely horrible when I can\u2019t do \u201call\u201d of something, so I do nothing. Exercise and I have definitely had that all or nothing relationship through the years.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I either power-walked 90-120 minutes a day, did \u201cAbs With Denise\u201d every night, and lost eighty pounds. Or I did nothing and gained eighty pounds. Definitely all or nothing.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">As I have found with most things in my life, the older I get, the more balance I achieve\u2014and exercise is finally coming into balance for me. No more all or nothing. If I can do ten minutes of arms and stomach a day, I do that. If I can ballroom dance for two hours one day, I do that. If I can take a long walk with one of the kids, I go for it. If we can play basketball in the driveway for thirty minutes, pass me the ball. <\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">With this \u201cnew\u201d approach to exercise, I will probably never be a size six again\u2026but I will never be a size twenty-four again either! I am healthier than I have been since my \u201cexercise mania days\u201d (which turned out to be not so healthy when coupled with starvation diets!). And definitely healthier than my size twenty-four days.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So\u2026do you want to join me in the coming year? Exercise a little everyday\u2014ten, twenty, thirty, sixty, or 120 minutes. Because a little bit all the time is better than a lot very infrequently.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Habit #9: Exercise a Little Every DayIf you have read Positive Parenting long, you have probably heard me say that I am an \u201call or nothing type of person.\u201d This mindset can be either really great or absolutely horrible. 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