For the last little while I got really busy with school, and it got me thinking. How we can afford to spend time to exercising when we have so many more things to do ? I came up with a sort of schedule for me to follow concerning my time spent exercising. Every day we are supposed to get at least one hour of exercise a day. I don't know about you, but right now my schedule is telling me no way is that going to happen. Some of you may be getting an hour of exercise a day. That is wonderful! For those of us that aren't though, there are some ways we can increase our daily amount of activity little by little. I decided to start our with 15 to 20 minutes a day.

Even though 15 minutes may not seem like it would do much it can be beneficial to your body. If the exercise you choose gets your heart rate up quickly, and you maintain that level for at least 15 minutes per workout you will exercise your heart. Your heart is a muscle. When you get your heart rate up you give your heart a work out. When you heart is exercised the rest of your body also benefits from that exercise.

Over the past couple of months I've noticed that in the mornings we (especially girls) tend to spend more time on getting ready than is necessary. We focus on getting every minute detail perfect. The truth is that throughout the day our hair and makeup (hopefully not for guys) slowly comes undone and wears off. Frankly, no one really notices the small imperfections in our daily complexion anyway. They are too worried about how they look. So if we can do a good enough job in the mornings we can get 15 extra minutes in for whatever we want. Before you take a shower try exercising for 15 minutes. I guarantee it will make a difference.

If you normally take a shower at night instead of in the morning you could either try switching up your schedule a bit. (Who knows, you might like a change!) Or you could exercise before you shower at night. It would be healthier for your sleeping habits if you were to wake up earlier and shower if you went to bed earlier. That will only be healthier if you go to bed earlier. Either way you get 15 minutes of exercise in. You just have to experiment and find what is best for you personally.

I am going to try to follow the new exercising schedule I have made for myself. I hope you can do likewise. The habits we make and follow now will stay with us for the rest of our lives. If we live healthy now it will be easier to do the same later. The chances of getting certain diseases and sicknesses will also be lowered. As I mentioned earlier in one of my posts there are always other ways you can sneak in more exercising time. For example, try walking to and from school or work instead of driving, carry in groceries from the car, and take the stairs instead of the elevator. I can guarantee that if you try to exercise more you will look and feel better.