One thing us humans are very good at is saying one thing and doing another, or not doing it at all. And the worst case scenario is with our exercise program. We hear other people saying things like "I really need to lose weight...I should get back to the gym". But we might argue that if that person was really serious about losing some weight wouldn't they be doing everything possible to make it happen, including proper exercise?
Some of this may sound familiar to you and if what happens between what you say and what you actually want and do it may be time to look at your priorities. It could be that our sights have been set to high and expectations so unrealistic that the goal seems so out of reach. Then we just don't bother at all. This is what happens when we start an exercise program. Many people simply expect way too much too soon and get discouraged when things don't happen as fast as they expect. Here are some examples of unrealistic expectations. We expect: ? To lose weight quickly - this is not realistic and it takes more than exercise to lose weight you have to change what and how you eat as well. ? People expect exercise to be a temporary thing - we think we can do it for a few weeks or months then stop and somehow we stay in shape. ? We think we can spot reduce - a huge myth is that if we do certain exercises somehow the fat will come off in those areas. This is incorrect. ? To get results without doing strength training to tone our muscles and rebuild a sluggish metabolism (the body's engine). Low intensity activities will not do this. ? People expect to be motivated every day - this is something that you work on and get better at over a period of time. It does not just happen on its own and like anything worthwhile in life it needs to be worked on. ? We expect exercise to be easy - we need to realize that to make the changes necessary to increase the metabolism some effort needs to be put in to it. Low intensity stuff will never build a strong, lean, slim healthy body. By expecting too much too soon it is easy to sabotage our efforts and knock our exercise program off the totem pole of priorities. But there is no short term solution to getting and staying in shape. It is something that accumulates day after day, workout after workout, one healthy meal after another healthy meal. It is a journey made up of hundreds of tiny steps. But these steps have to be consistent otherwise it will not work. If you do not believe this your first step would be changing your mind, changing your attitude and pushing those limiting beliefs out of the way. This will allow you to move forward and reach for that strong, lean, slim healthy body. That really is what you want isn't it?
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