Monday, April 26, 2010

weight loss and routines

Many people are very routinized in their daily activities....awake the same time, eat a certain type of breakfast, put on the same news show, drive the saame route, answer e-mails the same time, etc...The entire day is almost scripted out the same way to a large extent. Changing this routine is difficult from a practical standpoint, as there are only so many hours in the day and if things are added on, then time needs to be subtracted from other routinized activities.

Okay..you know where I am going with this: Exercise...if your routine does not include daily or every other day exercise, it is very difficult to incorporate this. Now, if you knew you could get a free massage 4 times a week for an hour, chances would be pretty good that you would figure out a way to alter your routine to allow for the one hour 4 times a week. Exercise? we will often find lots of reasons (well, more like excuses) as to why you cannot break the current routine to find the time for exercise.

Whether it be a routine of excluding exercise or a routine of snacking on some high-caloric food at nite, examine your routinized behaviors and see what you can do to change things up to allow for your pursuit and reach of your weight loss goals.

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