Xercise 365

Dec. 13, 2007

First Plateau

Maybe it is my age. Maybe it is my past proclivity to yo-yo dieting. Maybe I'm not exercising vigorously enough, drinking enough water, or heck, maybe I'm simply eating too much of the South Beach Diet-friendly things. But I'm stuck, and not in a happy frame of mind about it.

Plateaux have, in the past, derailed many an effort of mine. I start to feel like I DESERVE to lose weight, so what's going on? And I turn to my drug of choice (food) and make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. Sooooooo...

I have upped the water intake, tacked on an extra 15 minutes to the old exercise bike non-excursion, and generally done a lot of griping to friends.

What magic tricks do you recommend to keep one going in hard times?

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Dec. 15, 2007 - Untitled Comment

Posted by Tim Richardson

Keep taking baby steps. Lots of baby steps make a big impact. You are doing great. Keep at it. I asked a neighbor once (who was manager of a corporate exercise program) what the secret was to staying in shape. He told me find exercise that you like to do and do that. If you don't like the exercise bike, it's going to be more difficult to do it reguarly.
Do you what you enjoy. That's my story and I am sticking to it.

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