Physical Goal Purpose : Focus on Fitness
Your body is a gift from God, and it’s up to you to keep it strong and healthy. Regular exercise can strengthen your heart and other muscles, increase your stamina and confidence, and lower your stress.
Goal Idea #1 : Get Moving - Running
If exercise is not already a regular part of your day, set a goal to get moving for at least 20 minutes 3 times a week. You could walk, jog, bike, hike or anything else that gets your heart rate up and moves your body.
Surprisingly for me, physical goal is the first goal that I had set for myself when I gave a serious thought when I scrolled through the Gospel Living App on my phone last month.
It was also due to an article that I read on Facebook regards to exercise woman and lazy woman. It indeed motivated me to seriously to put this into action.
I make a plan because I have to start where I am, because I know if I go further or faster than I am ready for, my body cannot adapt quickly enough and I will get injured. Moreover I am over 40s, have a BMI of overweight, together with the family history of heart disease, thus I need to be extra careful on my workout plan.
In order to make it a habit, I planned to do it every morning at 5.30am, run around within our apartment compounds, may be listening to some workout music and it would be later. After which I was seriously looking for a proper sports bra, as I still have a pair of workout tights and my running sports shoes.
It had been almost come to 3 weeks since the first day I get to ‘walk’. Yes, I start to walk. I need to get regular exercise habit by walking, because the best exercise is the one I will do consistently.
I am not yet come to really running, but I really into this and my love for walking or running constantly grows every day, since day one.
I have started to receive my blessing the day I started walking.
I am more self-discipline now, as I sleep early latest 10.30pm and wake up around 5.00am to 5.15am. I will say a morning prayer and drink a cup of water, before I change into my sports outfit and start my walking now.
I am better planner now, as I need to cook the lunch earlier for the children because both are at home now after my exercise. I will plan ahead and look through of what to cook at the limited time given before go to work.
I have a clearer mind now to read the General Conference talks in the morning and appreciate scripture more. I have a clearer mind to ponder the message behind and how it relates to me.
Getting to move or exercise just like how I apply the gospel principles I learned in the book into my daily life and put into actions. This is indeed like Alma said in Alma 37:6, “… by small and simple things are great things brought to pass; and small means in many instances doth confound the wise”
It is the same like walking or running. I keep on walking or running everyday, and increase my workout time by 2-3 minutes and eventually 5-10 minutes every time. It does not seems extra hard or extra difficult. By doing this I know that I am getting better and grow personally and, today I am better than who I was yesterday.
These are all the blessings I received since the day I started running. I know that, there are more to come. I am grateful to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ for all I learned through – this small step of just want to Get Moving.
