No pain, no gain - exercise!...

Back to the gym again having had a rest with all that's going on with studies, family, work and creativity but always reminded to not take health for granted with many of the ills that can befall us over 40s (ha ha).

And in not forgetting that 80% of effort in losing weight or conditioning is actually through controlling portion sizes (tell that to my tummy :) but also in ensuring that calories are controlled in less than 2000 calories per day but that varies with each person.

Anyway, over the years I see how particularly women, become busy with looking after the family with so much responsibilities put on them that oftentimes their own health is at risk in wanting to have a rest after it all but in actual fact as we get older, it becomes more important to get that time not only for relaxation but also for healthy exercise intensity.

Which is why it's becoming more important for me to schedule in times of exercising whether it be in the gardening, hanging up the washing, climbing the stairs, shopping around the aisles, as well as walking and exercising in anything but the gym.

However, the gym becomes handy when you only have a spot of time and when you want to isolate those muscles that really need a hard workout like those disappeared abs or those bicep muscles that have gone for a hike. It really doesn't take too much time a day to schedule it in but it doesn't have to be for a day but only 3 - 4 times per week.

Just a reminder to me and you and your body will thank you for it :)...