Listen…I am not going to sit here and tell you that I have my sh** together and that I wake up at 5 am, ride my peloton bike, kill it at work, and then come home and cook a 3-course meal because that is not even close. The point of this blog is to be REAL with you and let you know that a lot of my days are spent on the struggle bus. 🚍 BUT…I am trying my best every day to be the healthiest version of myself and I want to take you along for the journey.
Exercise (or lack thereof) is one of my major weaknesses when it comes to healing my chronic fatigue. It is hard to want to move your body when just taking a shower can seem like a marathon. One of my practitioners recently introduced me to “movement snacks” and this was intriguing (probably because it sounded like food!).
I decided to give this strategy a try since nothing else has kept me consistently motivated to work out.
Here are the specific ways I’ve incorporated bite-sized movements into my day:
- I added in 3 sun salutations in the morning before my shower
- When I am at the office, I take a walk around the parking lot with a co-worker
- When I am playing in Millie’s room with her before bedtime, I do one of these activities:
- Alternating downward dog and planks
- Dead bugs (3 sets of 10)
- Modified burpees (2 sets of 10)
- Bird dogs (5 on each side)
- I listen to my Apple Watch when it tells me to take movement breaks
- I shoot for 8,000 steps on Tuesdays and Thursdays (days I work from home)
Together in healing 💜
