Many people — perhaps you, too — set fitness goals for 2012.
If you are like most people, your dieting and workout regimen started out great! You were enthusiastic, eager to shed those pounds and unveil a new, thinner you.
The first few pounds came off easily as your body got used to the initial shock of decreased calories and increased movement. But after the 4th day, you’d plateaued, and all this hunger and exercise didn’t seem worth it any more. Then the weekend arrived and your friends were all going out for pizza and beer….
And here you are.
That’s okay!
You have not failed … yet.
Taking the weekend off is fine. The problem many people have is getting back into the fitness program on Monday. Back on the diet. Back into the exercise.
Being fit is not easy, it takes effort, sticking to a program. We’re adults, we can do that, right?
- Have you decided that you need to get off that blood pressure medication? Then you need to get fit!
- Have you decided that you are sick of being out of breath after one flight of stairs? Then you need to get fit!
- Have you decided that carrying around those extra pounds makes you look like a fat tub of goo? Then you need to get fit!
You had already come to one of the above — or another more personal to you — conclusions only a few days ago. Was your resolve so weak that here we are 7 days later and now you are thinking, “Well, really, it’s okay for me to be fat / have high blood pressure / gasp for air / [insert your own challenge here]”? I’m guessing you are not thinking that.
So get back on it.
If you stick with it, you can create a new, fit lifestyle for yourself, a lifestyle where it’s weird if you have dessert after a meal, where it’s odd if you skip a workout, where it’s strange if you eat that whole pizza by yourself.
You can create a lifestyle where you feel good about the way you look and feel. As they say, ain’t nothing to it but to do it.