By Greg
Landry (Sincere thanks to Greg for letting me reprint this
article here!)
Did you know
that restaurants sell more salads on Mondays than on any other
day of the week? Did you know that more people go to fitness
centers on Mondays than on any other day of the week? Do you
know why?
You guessed it, they're "starting over" after a
weekend (or perhaps week) of unrestrained eating and no
exercise. Most will stay on track for a few days and then
maybe eat something (or a bag of something) that in their mind
"blows it." That's their license to quit exercising
and once again go back to eating with no restraint.
I'd like to tell you about the key to being healthy and losing
weight while avoiding this yo-yo cycle of all or none.
First of all, you have to come to the realization that your
eating habits will never be perfect. You goal should be to
develop lifelong eating habits that are "healthy"
90% of the time and not to feel like you've failed when they
aren't.
Now here's what's most important.. Use daily exercise as your
stabilizer. Daily exercise, even if it's just fifteen minutes
some days, is a very effective tool for keeping you in what I
call "a healthy frame of mind."
I've seen this work wonders in the people I've worked with. It
makes it much easier to develop consistent healthy eating
habits and to avoid the yo-yo cycle of all or none.
You see, although daily exercise is loaded with physical
health and weight loss benefits, it also affects you mentally.
It makes you feel good about the healthy lifestyle you're
pursuing and it makes you want more of it.
If daily exercise can help couch potato Becky, it can help
you...
"Greg, I took your advice and started doing a little exercise
every day. It was actually only three minutes three times per
day when I first started. It helped me to start feeling
healthy and my eating habits started getting better. Even when
my eating wasn't that great, my daily exercise was my rock. I
lost over half my body weight and ran my first marathon last
month. Thanks!!!" Becky in Birmingham.
Folks, that's what it's all about. Your body was made to be
active on a daily basis - when you are, it puts you in a
healthy frame of mind that affects every aspect of your life,
in addition to burning lots of calories and keeping you fit.
Get Movin'!
Author and
exercise physiologist, Greg Landry, offers his free, "Fast,
Healthy Weight Loss" newsletter at his site:
http://www.Landry.com
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