Here’s Why You’re Giving Up On Exercise

Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)

Danielle Bean

Kids & Family, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 810 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

It’s that time of year when the thrill of setting our New Year health goals starts to wear off and we are in danger of giving up on exercise. Let’s talk about how to deal with the temptation to throw in the towel, why you might be giving up on exercise, and how to make adjustments to reach your goals! 1) Your workouts are too hard. Did you take on a big goal, expecting big results, only to find yourself struggling? Consider adjusting your workouts to the fitness level you are at right now and working from there. 2) Your workout schedule does not fit into our life. Is working out in the morning harder than you thought it would be? Do you struggle to find the time after dinner? Be realistic about what your lifestyle is like right now and where you can fit your fitness in. 3) You don’t like your workouts. Are you bored, or do you just plain hate spin class? Mix it up! Try something new. Be honest about what your preferences are and then work with them. Meet with friends to make it fun or join a class or team for something new. 4) Your workouts hurt. Is there a potential injury you should see a doctor about? Is running too hard on your knees? Do not “push through the pain,” but find a way to adjust your exercise routine to allow yourself to heal, not hurt. 5) Your workouts are not balanced. You should not be doing the same thing every single day of the week. Try to vary what you do by activity and by intensity. Your schedule should absolutely include rest days and “easy” days as well as more challenging ones. 6) You are not seeing results. You may not be seeing the results you want (like on the scale), but maybe you need to adjust your thinking a bit. The scale is just one measure of your progress, and if you are putting on muscle while losing fat, it will not show much progress at all. Consider how you feel, your strength and energy levels, as well as how your clothing fits for a more accurate measure of your results. Have feedback or an idea to share? I would love to hear from you!

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0:00.0	Girlfriends, episode number 158. Here's why you're giving up on exercise.
0:09.0	Hello and welcome to girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom, and I'm on a
0:14.8	mission to help you know your worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy and family
0:20.5	living. This week, we're talking
0:22.2	about reasons why you might be struggling with the temptation to give up on exercise and some
0:27.6	tips for how to handle that. Can't wait to get started. Join me. Hey, girlfriends, welcome. Glad you're here. Glad you're joining me. Always happy to connect here on the
0:45.3	Girlfriends podcast. Glad you're showing up for another episode because I'm here and I'm glad that we're
0:50.5	able to connect in this way. So before we dive in, I wanted to just make a little side note because something happened in the past week that I just wanted to share with you.
0:59.2	We've been talking on previous episodes about struggling with trust, about how I feel that trust is something that God's really calling me to work on in this year.
1:09.1	It's one of my spiritual goals for 2019 to be praying the
1:11.9	litany of trust, which I've linked to in previous episodes, but I'll continue to link in case
1:16.4	new listeners are tuning in and are interested in that particular prayer from the Sisters of
1:21.5	Life. And I've been good. I've been good about praying that every day. I've also been good
1:25.5	about praying that litany of humility,
1:28.4	as painful as it sometimes is to pray. I think it's been good daily reminders for me to trust in God
1:35.8	and to work on humility and work on giving up those areas of my life where I'm tempted toward pride.
1:43.2	So I hope you've been joining me
1:44.8	in those prayers. If not, consider doing it. I would love for us to be kind of taking on this
1:49.1	prayerful journey here together through the Girlfriend's podcast. But since this happened in
1:54.7	this past week, I wanted to share with you this little quick story where it was about a week ago that I was out late,
2:04.6	driving one of my sons somewhere, picking him up late and came back late. And Dan and I watched a
2:10.5	movie when I got back. And then I went upstairs when we were getting ready for bed. And I was
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