Nursery World - Firm resolve

What did you promise to do in 2001? In the first of two features, Jan Hurst says that all it takes to get fit on a nanny's budget is common sense and self- awareness. Nearly everyone makes new year resolutions which, in their heart of hearts, they know they probably won't keep. The majority of those resolutions revolve around fitness and good health. There are reasons why 'get fit' resolutions fail - and there is a way to ensure that this time you will win through.

Nearly everyone makes new year resolutions which, in their heart of hearts, they know they probably won't keep. The majority of those resolutions revolve around fitness and good health. There are reasons why 'get fit' resolutions fail - and there is a way to ensure that this time you will win through.

THE FAIL-PROOF PLAN

Despite all the good reasons for getting and staying fit, many of us start and stop classes or new regimes as often as we try out diets or shampoos. Even with the incentive of knowing that we will look better, gain more energy and be able to regulate our diets, we still revert to inaction and lethargy rather than swimming or running. Healthy exercise is not an ingrained habit in the same way that a lifetime of slouching in front of the TV is for most of us.

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