Add Exercise to your Work at Home Routine

You just raised an eyebrow? LOL

Granted, I’ve never been a huge exercise freak but you really need to add this to your work at home regimen.  It can be as simple as walking the dog (a good walk) but you have to realize you have cut out the walking you used to do to and from your car when heading to work or coming home, walking around the office, maybe walking to lunch if you work downtown, etc.

Those steps might not seem like much but they add up.  I used to do a ton of walking when I worked as a paralegal.  I worked downtown.

I walked:

• around my house getting ready in the morning
• to my car in the morning
• from my car to inside the gas station on my daily stop for cappuccino, back to my car
• from my car to my office
• to lunch oftentimes at places downtown
• to and from the car during the day to attend depositions with my boss or other work-related ventures
• all over the office, all day long
• back to the car at the end of the day
• maybe to the gas station again
• from my car to my house

Those steps add up.  After working from home for a while, and not thinking about any type of exercise, I wondered why I felt more tired more often.  I was like I KNOW I used to work a full day at the office without feeling this tired.

Then I realized that I don’t do nearly as much activity anymore as I did then.  Every little bit added up.  I recently got a new puppy and I have to walk her a hundred times a day to work on house-breaking her…BINGO, I started feeling better, that was it – I was bumming way too much!

I love to be at home.  If I don’t HAVE to leave my house, I’m not – except for the occasional outing with the girls.  Granted I do a lot as a mom who has two active boys in sports, etc., and in order to run my household but when I subtracted all the work related stuff, it still was a lot less getting out and about.

Just adding a bit of walking into the day gives you back that extra pep in your step, is healthy and recommended by doctors anyway, makes you feel better, gives you a break you need, and lets you enjoy some fresh air so you feel refreshed!

Whatever you prefer, but do this and I promise it will make a difference.

K