If you are like thousands of people you have a gym membership that you are paying for and not using or maybe you buy diet pills that you never use. Either way you are throwing money away. There are lots of free or cheap ways to get exercise or to stay active. You can try walking to work or to the store. You can find cheap gym equipment on any of the free sites on the internet or trader columns in your local newspaper. You can try rollerblading or bike running, both are cheap ways to stay fit.

My wife recently piced up Wii Active and we have both had fun doing our daily exercises. It was a much cheaper than buying a monthly gym membership. A membership that we both probably wouldn't use after the first month. There are many alternatives to shelling out a ton of money each month to stay fit. You just have to be creative.