Don't know if any of you are "Mary Poppins" fans, but I like the humor and think it is one of Dick Van Dyke's best pictures, other than "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang". But, I digress. One of my favorite songs from the movie is when Mary Poppins, as a new nanny for the two children, is trying to get them to take their evening 'medicine'. In order to entice them to take their medicine, she tells them, in song, that "...just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down...". In those simple words, a profound message of tolerating a difficult situation is taught.
When trying to begin exercising, or trying to get into better shape, it is often difficult to get started, difficult to make the committment, or difficult to begin/start an exercise or lifestyle program. But often, once you start, it is easy to keep going.
Like the song from Mary Poppins, often when you try to get started on exercising or getting into shape, it is just like having to ingest a foul tasting medicine. You know it is good for you, that it is something you should do, but it can carry with it a foul or harsh taste. The 'sugar' to help the 'medicine' go down can be any fun activity or item that helps you get started in exercising. It can be as easy as a new exercise outfit or shoes, or maybe 'exercising' by going golfing, playing a game of soccer, or going 'window shopping' by walking in the mall. Any of these activities is like taking a 'spoonful of sugar' to make the 'medicine' of exercise become easier.
So, go out, watch "Mary Poppins"; then go find your sugar and get exercising!
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