Don't Let School Beginnings Sabotage Your Health!

Can you tell what I'm thinking about from my past few blogs? Another school year is about to start...

I'm a planner. I just am. I like to have my ducks in a row and know what I'm up against. So is it any surprise that I'm planning how I will juggle the coming months?

A new school year means the lazy days of summer are over and a whole different schedule begins. There are early morning wake-up calls for the school children, healthy lunches to be planned and packed, jobs and deadlines that must still be met, school events galore (parent-teacher conferences, sports practices, sporting events, school activities) and mounds of homework to be accomplished - all on top of the normal tasks like house cleaning, grocery shopping, cooking, laundry, bill paying, lawn mowing.......tired yet?!

In light of this mayhem, have you thought through how to take care of YOU? How will you fit exercise into these new schedules? Where will you exercise? Will you have to change exercise classes or your exercise preferences based on new schedules? How will you fit nutrition into a more harried routine? Will meal preparation have to be adjusted to accommodate the new schedules? Don't let the craziness of children's activities and school schedules sabotage your health!

You know the old adage - if you don't make a plan to succeed, you plan to fail. As corny as that sounds, IT'S TRUE. Rarely do successful people achieve their accomplishments through chance! If you do, more power to you! But for the rest of us, success occurs through goal setting - and planning a strategy to achieve those goals. It occurs through perseverance to the plan, determination to see it through to the end and sheer hard work. Putting one foot in front of the other to do what needs to get done.

Before those kids stomp a foot on the school bus steps, strategize your plan for the coming changes in your daily schedules. Think through the upcoming months and plan how you will fit in daily exercise and maintain proper nutrition. NOW is the time to think through the appropriate adjustments before you're in the middle of the mayhem!