In response to Vic's last blog about losing momentum, I was wondering how everyone is doing with exercising regularly. Has it become a habit yet? Is it still hard to find the time? Are you having to force yourself? To my amazement, it has become habit for me, and I don't like it if I don't get in some exercise everyday. And I'm please with the results!
At one of my recent Weight Watchers meetings, my instructor said something that stuck. She asked if we ever say "I'll try to....(insert whatever it is here, exercise, track what I eat, etc)" rather than committing to whatever it is and saying "I will do (insert here)". I got to thinking about it and realized that I wanted to commit myself to exercise daily. So that weekend I told myself "Next week I will exercise everyday." I didn't commit myself to something I knew was impossible to do, such as "I will exercise everyday for the rest of my life." I figured I would commit for a week and go from there. And guess what....it worked! I got in some sort of exercise everyday. I re-committed myself for this week, and so far so good!
Don't TRY but DO! Make the committment to yourself and let exercise become a habit that you are proud to have!
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I've gotten it down to being a habit 3-4 days a week. I am impressed with anyone who has the energy to do it every day!
ReplyDeleteI have made 4 days a week a habit (with the help of the EFC push) but there are always hard weeks here and there where it's harder to make it to the gym. I definitely need my days off to counter my workout days, but I feel bad if I miss a week (physically and mentally) now.
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