What Will Your Answer Be?

I was talking with a good friend the other day. She said "it is time, I am ready to join a gym and start exercising". I asked her "why now"? Her answer " I know I will feel better, of course and things are in the right place to start devoting some time for me".
I am so happy for her. Of course she will feel better but the biggest question I had for her concerned her experience with exercise in her past.

• What kind of exercise did she do previously and did it work?
  
• Did she go to a gym in the past? and if so, what did she do there?
  
• If she used to belong to a gym, what happened that made her stop going?
  
• What made her stop exercising on a regular basis?

Whatever the answers were to these question can help figure out what will work for you now. My friend said she used to go to the gym and work out on the machines for 30 minutes. That was about it, maybe tried a class, but not too much. Her interest wained and she got busy so the gym membership lapsed.

So what to do, the best intentions are there. Ask yourself the hard questions and then try something different than you experienced in the past. Obviously that did not hold your interest enough, or perhaps your knees rebelled. Whatever the reason, try something new and keep trying something new until you find what you like to do.

You are much more likely to continue. Enjoy the experimenting.