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Sounds a little harsh I know, and I am so one that needs to hear this sometimes. But in reality how many of us really need to just get off our butts and do something for ourselves? Now I’m not talking about taking 2 hours out of your day to go to the gym, but I am talking about just not being so lazy anymore. Have you found yourself with a just a few moments of quiet during the day and just want to sit and relax and enjoy the peace? Have you been in such a hurry to get to the store, get your things and get home to do something else, so you just try to find the closest parking spot to run in from? Have you ever just been so exhausted from dealing with life that you take the escalator so you can save your energy for something else? Or maybe it’s just so commen in our culture to take the easy way out, to be lazy.

Well I’m here to tell you today that you need to stop being lazy. I need to stop being lazy and we need to just get off our butts and do something. When you go to the store, park at the end of the parking lot and walk in.  Walk or run up the steps instead of taking the escalator. When you have a moments peace during nap time or when the kids go to bed; clean the house, workout to a DVD or go for a walk outside.

There are ways in whatever we do throughout the day to actually make us move even more. I listed some above but I know that those are not the only ways we can be lazy in our lives. If you work full-time, take a quick walk on your 10 minute breaks. If you need to talk to someone, walk to their office instead of calling them or shooting them an email. Take the steps to your office instead of taking the elevator, ride your bike or walk to work, walk to lunch instead of getting into your car and driving.

If you are a stay at home mom, my goodness talk about ample opportunity to not be lazy! Get up and exercise while your child is still sleeping, walk your older kids to school and play at the playground with the younger ones when you’re done. After you get them off to school, take a walk with your child to the park. Do squats while you are making lunch, exercise or clean the house when they are napping, do calf raises when you are making dinner. There are tons of ways to incorporate exercise into your daily lives … we just have to think out of the box in order to come up with some!

So here is your challenge today, if you read this … which I hope you do, then comment on some other ways we can not be lazy anymore in this incredibly sedative culture of ours!