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setting aside a block of time for these fitness goals, incorporate them into your day such as part of your morning routine or keep a mat, light weights, or stretching bands or tubes near your PC or laptop. You will need breaks from the keyboard and that's an easy way to reorganize your day to include fitness activities that contribute to total fitness.

Make easy, painless changes to what you eat.

One trap that some exercisers, even those with the expensive gym memberships, make is to overeat because they are working out. This is very frustrating, so making just a few sensible changes in your food choices and portion sizes can cut you daily calorie intake and make the difference that will contribute to improved fitness.

Are there certain foods, especially those based on habit, that you can modify each day? The combination of moving more through the day and cutting back calories and fat is what will lead to better fitness and your improved sense of well-being. Watch your intake of bread, noodles, sugary desserts and beverages, and fried foods. Don't avoid these foods altogether, but look at portion size. Offset these foods with salads, fruits, and vegetables to round out the meal.

Imaging

Create an image of yourself in one of the season's new fashions. Even losing just a few pounds will make those clothes shopping trips more fun. This will also encourage you on toward your fitness goals. Imaging, or getting a picture set in your mind of yourself, can be an effective way of making your goals reality.

When you create that image of yourself in your mind, work at also forming images of yourself moving efficiently through your workouts. Whether you are swimming, cycling, dancing, walking, or whatever your chosen activity is, create an image of yourself doing each movement with grace, good posture and alignment, and proper mechanics. Create pictures in your mind of your being successful. Perhaps you hear applause. Yes, even a bit of fantasy can keep you on your fitness path.

Relieving stress

Movement in any of its forms: stretching, weights or resistance, and cardio activities help relieve stress. Less stress will make it easier for you to be in control of what you eat and able to make those small changes to your eating habits. As a physically active person, you will be less likely to make poor food choices and you will find yourself acting more accountable for what you eat. You will tell yourself you can eat that food item that you enjoy, but that you might

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