| You are gaining too much weight and looking like the | | | | it is the small tasks on our list that end up eating our |
| Pillsbury dough boy. You find that the answer to your | | | | valuable time and preventing us from making time to |
| weight problem is to work out. But you do not have | | | | exercise. These small time wasters seem so small but |
| time. What should you do? | | | | when added up can cost us precious time. Identify all |
| The following is a list of eight (8) ways to make time | | | | your time wasting activities and try to eliminate a |
| for yourself so that you can work out. | | | | minimum of one per day. Avoid things that other |
| | | | people ask you to do such as baking bread for the |
| 1. Trim down your task list. Trying to do too many | | | | school's bake sale. |
| things at once is a spot-on way to prevent you from | | | | 6. Sleep in early, and get up early. Studies show that |
| achieving your weight loss goals. Instead of tackling | | | | people who make the time to work out in the |
| too many tasks in one day, target only five key | | | | morning are most likely to stick with their exercise |
| items that you need to accomplish. Fit your task list | | | | program. In order to achieve this, plan on going to |
| on a large Post-it note. Whatever does not fit goes | | | | bed 30 minutes earlier than your normal bedtime and |
| on the next day. | | | | set your alarm clock in the morning 30 minutes earlier |
| 2. Maximize your time on weekends. Concentrate on | | | | than your normal wake time. You will still get the |
| working out on both days of the weekend when | | | | same amount of rest, but you will be able to |
| your schedule is more flexible. For instance, shoot for | | | | concentrate those extra morning minutes to your |
| 30 minutes of a fun outdoor activity such as | | | | exercise plan. |
| mountain biking or rollerblading every day. Then, try | | | | 7. Minimize your e-mail time. If you work at a |
| to sneak in one or two workouts during the week. | | | | computer all day, constantly checking your e-mail can |
| 3. Quit talking on the phone. With cell phone contracts | | | | but a dent on your plans on getting some exercise. It |
| having unlimited minutes come unlimited opportunities | | | | prevents you from finishing your tasks and staying |
| to catch up with old high school chums. Those long | | | | focused. Plan on checking your e-mail no more than |
| hours of talk time can absorb your valuable time | | | | five times a day. By doing so, you can squeeze out |
| from your day that could be better spent sweating | | | | 15 minutes for a brisk walk during your lunch hour. |
| off the pounds. If you still can not keep yourself | | | | 8. Have a plan. You will be more likely to make time |
| away from the phone, bring it with you when you | | | | for exercise if you have a solid plan. Activities that |
| walk around the block in your neighborhood. | | | | we plan for are much more likely to occur than those |
| 4. Order takeout food. Dinner time can also eat up | | | | we just wish for. Therefore, assign a time for |
| valuable time for many people. Order takeout food | | | | exercise such as attending a yoga class, spinning |
| one night a week. Just do not indulge in junk food | | | | class, doing cardio kickboxing. Schedule your workout |
| such as burgers and fries. Order vegetable pizza, | | | | time in advance so that you will be more likely to |
| bean burritos, or turkey sandwiches. | | | | stick with it to make it happen. |
| 5. Get rid of time wasting activities. For many people, | | | | |