That Elusive Exercise Mojo
After 10 years of sincere but broken promises to myself that tomorrow I would start a lifelong habit of jogging, paying Smokenders for my third attempt to quit my 2 1/2 pack a day habit was actually the catalyst to take all their advice (a new concept for me), not just the easy suggestions. Apparently I didn’t know which ones I could afford to skip.
Even so, my promises to myself had become laughable, so I committed to meet a friend at her workout class. When she confessed that she spent the first six months crying while she put on her leotards, she innocently blew my best excuse – that it was uniquely difficult for me.
I immediately learned why they call exercise the real magic bullet for weight loss. It provides those same feelings of personal victory and bullet-proofness that weight loss does, enlisting my most empowered self. Ambrosia to my weight challenged soul.
“I already know what to do. I am just not doing it!” cry virtually all of my frustrated new clients.
Baffling, but solvable. To keep that hard won mojo going and not grind to a five year halt at every tiny glitch, I finally learned:
Don’t wait to for the mood to strike. If I’m sitting down, it doesn’t.
Lower my workout standards so I can maintain continuity. Anything deliberate counts. Three days of no exercise (or off track eating for that matter) seems to be the kiss of death for any desire to help myself.
Do it first and take my workout into my day rather than taking my stressful day into my workout. I can’t afford to have the entire day to talk myself out of it. Turns out I do more productive things with my early mornings than my late nights.
What small step can you take to gather some exercise momentum this very day?
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