Get over it! Haha, I just always wanted a reason to yell that out. And procrastination, especially in the area of your health, is as good a reason as any. Do you have a problem with procrastinating and just taking forever to really get started with all your lofty health and fitness goals? I do, totally. Once I'm going I'm usually able to stick with it for awhile and see some good results, but getting started is the real problem for me.

The reasons why people procrastinate can vary wildly, but I must say I agree with this take on it over at Cranky Fitness, which basically says that procrastinators aren't necessarily the lazy bums they're made out to be. You can be an awesome procrastinator and still be a very productive person -- just not in the desired target areas! So what's the issue? Well only you can answer that question, but it could be something as simple as being afraid of failure (that's when a good solid "get over it!" might help, and the realization that you're already failing by not even trying) or even that you're simply not expecting to enjoy it so you're putting it off for other things.

Try these tips they suggest to help "get over" your own procrastination issues:

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One of my biggest causes of stress is procrastination. I'm a fairly busy person, so there's always something I could be doing -- which makes it easy to put off the less-desirable tasks until they have to get done...or else.

But do those things really "have to" get accomplished?

Apparently, using that kind of language -- even in my thoughts -- may be part of what's causing my procrastination in the first place.

According to Litemind, "we engage in mental dialogs with ourselves all the time," and those of us that procrastinate try and force ourselves into action by thinking we "have to" go to the dentist, or fill out tax forms, or do whatever unpleasant activity we've been avoiding.

However, instead of helping motivating us, language like this is actually counter-productive, as inherent in "have to" statements are other messages, like "I don't want to do it," or "they're making me do it" -- both of which are detrimental.

Instead, Litemind recommends giving yourself the power of choice -- accepting that, on some level, you're choosing to do everything (even avoiding trouble with the government by paying your taxes on time). So, next time, try "I choose to" as opposed to "I have to" and see if makes those chores a little less oppressive.

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Have you ever neglected to get help for a health problem because you were too embarrassed to ask the nurse or your doctor about it? Or maybe you did talk to a professional but you couldn't bring yourself to talk with your family and loved ones, despite the fact that they could provide valuable insight and support? It's more common than you may think, and it's a sad situation when it happens. Whether it's simply denying yourself the support of your family or putting off critical treatment because you were afraid to get the diagnosis, waiting is never a good thing when it comes to your health.

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I am a stressed out person. Some say workaholic, others just say crazy, but amidst the parenting, working, parenting, working, working, working and working I seem to be doing lately, there's never time for anything else.

Or when there is, I'm so exhausted that I'm having trouble getting out of it what I'd like to.

For instance, this whole jogging business. Let's call a spade a spade: I started running because I was worried I was getting fat, and I thought this might help temper my expanding waistline. Any additional health benefits seemed great, sure, but I was driven by fear. The fact that I actually started to enjoy my nightly fitness vigil was both ancillary and a surprise.

But being busy is such a common complaint that mentioning it is a tired cliche -- it'd be news if somebody wasn't overworked and frazzled all the time.

So maybe problem is that there are other fears that can be far more immediate. Deadlines, forgetting to pack a snack for my daughter after daycare, rent, eating, showering (or, indeed, not showering) -- the list goes on, continuing more or less in that order. When the fears have subsided, when I've made headway on the pile of stuff, when I've finally found a moment to myself with my head clear and my spirits lifted, all I want to do is sit still, and do nothing.

I'm not sure what needs to change. Do I just have crappy time management skills? Plenty of people in the world take on more than this and do just fine. Or am I experiencing an extreme malfunction in the priority department? How old do I have to get (I'm 24) before my perspective starts to change -- just like everyone says it will -- and I start to regret not staying in better shape while I was younger?

In response: this week, a very unpractical experiment. I'll run when it strikes me. Like now, in the middle of writing this post, thinking about how much I wish I'd ran this week so I had something more interesting to write about.

OK, I'm leaving...

(And I'll be back next Tuesday with the results.)

"You're a slacker, McFly!" And, apparently, so is everyone else you know. A recent study by University of Calgary professor Piers Steel indicates that not only is procrastination is on the rise, it's making us poorer, fatter, and unhappier.

How has it come to this? According to Steel, it's because we have too many distractions. E-mail, games, iPods, cell phones -- it's so easy to do something else (read: something more fun), that we're far less likely to do actual work than our 1970s counterparts. "It's easier to procrastinate now than ever before. We have so many more temptations," says Steel. "It's never been harder to be self-disciplined in all of history than it is now."

And it's difficult to stop. Steel said he had more difficulty getting chronic procrastinators to quit delaying than he had getting alcoholics to quit drinking.

So what can we do about it? Um. Hold on. I've gotta check my emails -- I'll get back to you on that later.

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