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Keeping your life organized helps you stay on track w/ other things like exercise & eating healthy. Organize a room in your house or a cluttered garage. By doing this, you'll get a nice workout without realizing it & also get some things done around your house which will make you feel accomplished!

- Submitted by HOPE2BSKINNI 5/18/2010 in Exercise | 41 Comments

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WEGENERCS

Downsizing room by room netted Salvation Army 34 carloads of unneeded possessions I had not used in years. Fitness minutes were a bonus - by WEGENERCS
MYGOLDENBOYS3

Sounds good to me. I have started cleaning things out. Slow process but each little bit makes me feel better. Lots more to go but I am up for the task! - by MYGOLDENBOYS3
SABLENESS

You are so right. Over winter break, husband and I did intense cleaning every day but Christmas. The house is clean all over, Even the garage is clean. We filed the trash cans twice, took a carload to a thrift shop, gave some shelves to a neighbor, and donated books to the library. Who had time for the gym?? I lost 2 lbs! - by SABLENESS
DELLMEL

Thanks - by DELLMEL
BANNERMAN

Thanks for sharing. - by BANNERMAN
RJNICHOLS

this is so true. - by RJNICHOLS
CHRIS3874

I really need to do this after making 2 messes in my work room and a cluttered computer room. - by CHRIS3874
MARYHENNIG

thanks - by MARYHENNIG
MSGRANNYMAE

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LOVINGKATE

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MARAGRAM

I so need to on this one! - by MARAGRAM
MISSPATSYM

I'm organizing today, yah! Husband and I have been staying for a month in our daughter's mountain vineyard in California. The room we have three months' worth (a true winter road trip!) of stuff in is cluttered in 15 seconds if I don't attend to it. Well, today is the day!! Clutter ... away! - by MISSPATSYM
GOLDENPOODLE

So true! One of my goals is to be more organized this year. - by GOLDENPOODLE
SKYVALLEYGAL

I have some areas at home that are cause for frustration over the organization. Those are minor. However, my desk and any flat surface at my office is my biggest problem. There is no organization and it is very stressful. Wish I could hire one of those professional organizers to come help me get it under control! - by SKYVALLEYGAL
VAINVT

I agree, and I have agreed for years. People are different, and some people function well with clutter, but for me, being organized is the basis for a sane and healthy life. Yikes! You really hit a chord, didn't you? - by VAINVT
DIANESAV3

I also need to do this. I have to stop thinking that someday I might need it be wise I would want new anyway or I won't even remember that I have it.
- by DIANESAV3
GLENMORRISGIRL

Excellent advice - mentally liberating too! - by GLENMORRISGIRL
MILMOM2000NEW

My new years resolution is to organize room by room, closet by closet! :)
- by MILMOM2000NEW
MRSRIGS1

idea! - by MRSRIGS1
DRTOVAH

im working on this too - by DRTOVAH
BANNERMAN

Thanks for sharing. - by BANNERMAN
DELLMEL

Great info. Thanks. - by DELLMEL
LOVINGKATE

Thanks so much for sharing. Have a Happy Thanksgiving. - by LOVINGKATE
SJKENT1

When we moved, I got rid of so much good stuff. It was tough, but I'm so glad now. There just wasn't room, so I didn't have much choice to keep everything. Although it does make me grimace when I have to now buy frames, because I unloaded all of my extra ones at Goodwill. Oh well, someone will be blessed. - by SJKENT1
HYATTI1

I can so agree with this...and trust me ...you can get a good workout once you get started.

Joanna - by HYATTI1
LEANMEAN2

Such good suggestions! Thanks to all. - by LEANMEAN2
AMANDACOETZER

Thanks - by AMANDACOETZER
J2740LOU

I put a mile on my pedometer putting away Christmas decorations!
Great advice. Thanks for sharing. - by J2740LOU
DEBBYNATION

Excellent! - by DEBBYNATION
HEALTHYGAL8J

This is a great reminder!! Thanks. - by HEALTHYGAL8J
1GROVES2

Christmas was quite a workout for me....I made 15 trips up and down basement steps carrying decorations....and the same in reverse after Christmas.
Plus my extra fridge is down there so had a lot of running up and down carrying food! - by 1GROVES2
MARYHENNIG

Good one - by MARYHENNIG
MOMOFBETH

Excellent advice!
Cleaning is my major form of exercise. I've learned to embrace my inner obsessive and if moving the couch so I can vacuum and running things up and down the stairs counts, I'm all for it! - by MOMOFBETH
LOSIN2DAY

So true! A friend helped me and w e got a few things accomplished around my house and it feels geat!! - by LOSIN2DAY
PROUDGRAMMA

I have been working on this, one room at a time. - by PROUDGRAMMA
PYNETREE

Great Healthy Hint! And important reminder. Thanks! - by PYNETREE
LIBBYAI

Ugh, I have a room that I have been meaning to clean out and organize since Thanksgiving! You may have just given me the motivation to actually do it! - by LIBBYAI
OHIOSTAR58

Start small but stay the course. You are right organization helps motivate us - by OHIOSTAR58
CMORISAK

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LADYJ6942

So true, and so simple. - by LADYJ6942
SHERLYN-WILL

I have been doing this and it feels great... my 9 yr old asks me why do you keep moving so fast in and out of the garage. LOL BUsy as a beaver! - by SHERLYN-WILL