Best way to start working out

[MUSIC PLAYING] Hi, I'm Dr. Clark with tips to overcome your exercise excuses.

Do you plan to work out later but something always comes up? Here's how to make sure you stay active every day.

Try a fast 15 minute workout in the morning. You'll get it out of the way and it will boost your metabolism all day.

Can't break away from work to exercise? Change your perception and think of it as a productivity break. Brain scans prove that nobody really

stays focused all day long. Many of us fade after 10 to 40 minutes. Next time you lose focus, take a 5-minute walk.

Your body and your brain will thank you. Do you spend a lot of time on social media sites? Log off and reconnect in real life by walking or hiking

with your friends. Finally, turn your must-see TV into a must-move TV. Use your treadmill, exercise bike,

or dumbbells while you watch your favorite show. Or just march in place or do some crunches during commercials.

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Exercise has so many psychological benefits. It makes us feel revitalized. It makes us feel stronger.

It can even make us feel more powerful or communicate our needs and wants more. There's sort of no end to the benefits.

It has cardiovascular benefits, cognitive benefits. It helps us with our metabolism. So exercise is good.

The key is to make sure you integrate exercise into a complete and balanced weight loss plan.

One of the big mistakes many people make when they attempt to do exercise is, number one, they take on too much of it alone.

It feels very isolating and it feels like a chore. This is a really good time to bring other people into your world. Do it with them.

Join a biking group. Go rowing on the water with somebody. Go to the gym with a friend. But it's also important to remember

that sometimes exercise is not the fix all, save all we think it is. Sometimes, we're like, I'm exercising. I just exercised.

So I can eat that whole burger. Remember, it still is calories in and calories out. So the key is to get a real balance

of good, healthy exercise that you can enjoy and want to do, a good, healthy diet plan that is sustainable.

And then try to build other people into that whole program so you're accountable and you enjoy.