I’ve started a series called Confessions of a Nutritionist . Today is all about exercise, and fitness!

I don’t move as I should do! This is the hardest thing ever to admit!

I’m trying to figure out why, I came up with some reasons (excuses):

• I don’t have a gym membership.
• It’s winter in Iowa, a very cold one.
• I don’t have time to move, I need to work on my blog.
• I’m cooking meals that require minimal movement .
• I got a dishwasher (Yay!).

Other things I do beside blogging, requires no movement at all. To name a few:

• Volunteering.
• Reading for the blog, reading for leisure.
• Watching TV.
• Skyping with my family.

There are other reasons, but they are fit into the previous one I mentioned.

But the biggest reason is : I’m lazy

Ah! Here I said a little secret, or maybe not. Have I been like that all of my life? 

No, I’ve been to the gym before, the longest period was 18 months non stop! I love classes so much ,especially (Les mills) body combat, cycling, body pump, and I love dancing! I even was working out while I was pregnant, and had long walks, almost every day!

So what’s the problem?

After I had my baby (it was in the winter), it was hard to move around with a newborn in the cold days! And I was nursing too much, I got into habits of relaxing, and taking naps through the day. I was hungry all the time, and I was eating a lot. But, actually I lost weight! After I weaned my baby, the bad habits stayed with me. It’s not fun to change habits.

So why a confession? Because

• I strongly believe that my shape doesn’t define me, so it’s not a motive for me to move.
• I think there is nothing wrong with my life style. I mean I don’t want to give up doing the things I like.
• I had bad family history of diseases. Think CVD, diabetes, cancer, and so on.

What did I do to solve these little problems:

• While we were watching TV shows on Hulu Plus, (now we moved on to Netflix) the Daily burn ad was annoying, but it works, and I did give it a try. I loved it. Truly did!
• I’m making up reasons to climb the stairs.
• I do walks outside, when I think is okay for today not working on the blog. I use the running tracker app Endomondo, I love it! Easy to use, and has many options!
• I eat more raw salads, and more grains.

So really, what’s the problem?

I eat more than I move, I don’t feel hungry as before, but I still eat, I love food! My input is much more than the output (energy speaking).

As I said before, these confessions are like a dairy. I may have an advice, and I may not. In this post, I need your encouragements. I need you to tell me, that’s OK as long as you feel healthy.But I know that exercise is more important that eating less. It’s not just for weight loss, It’s the feeling when you move, the adrenaline rush maybe. I want to get back to this, to feel motivated to move. Can you help me, and do this?

What’s your motivation to move? If you workout at home, how can you be consistent?