Part 6: Staying Motivated

Music is a great way to get yourself in the mood for being active. Use a lively song for the warm-up exercises, a faster beat for the walking, and a relaxing song for the cool-down period. Listen to the music Angela likes when she does her exercises.

Have plenty of cool drinking water available before and after the activity. It will help you feel energetic and refreshed.

Keeping a personal record (pdf *, 364 kb) of physical activity is another way to stay motivated.

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  Source:

¹ Movimiento. "Movimiento (Ya Lo Siento)," Movimiento por su vida: Pasos para prevenir y controlar la diabetes tipo 2. National Diabetes Education Program. Sound recording. 2003.

² Movimiento. "Esta En Tus Manos," Movimiento por su vida: Pasos para prevenir y controlar la diabetes tipo 2. National Diabetes Education Program. Sound recording. 2003.

³ "Al Ritmo Del Corazon (Instrumental)," Al Ritmo Del Corazon (To the Beat of Your Heart): Theme song of Salud Para Su Corazon. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health. Sound recording.