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Went for a hike yesterday! It was super fun and great to finally be outdoors now that its cooling down for the fall.

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Living Fitness

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“It takes a tremendous amount of energy and focus to change bad habits. Be patient with yourself. It's not an easy task.”

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Personal trainer: so what is your problem area? :)

Me: its my brain.... :/

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Ten things you should know about exercise...

1. It shouldn’t be easy.

2. You have to learn to do it on days you don’t want to do it.

3. If you don’t figure out a kind of exercise you enjoy to some extent, you aren’t going to keep up with it. So figure that out quickly.

4. It’s okay NOT to do a kind of workout if you just can’t get into it no matter how hard or often you try. Just working out in any way is better than nothing.

5. Don’t overdo it. You’ll injur yourself and end up not being able to workout at all.

6. You should never work out to make up for overeating or simply to make up for extra calories.

7. Mentally you’ll feel better if you workout regularly. There isn’t a therapist out there who wouldn’t suggest working out for the mental benefits.

8. It takes time to get to a point where you do enjoy working out. It doesn’t happen immediately. In fact working out when you’ve just started can be downright miserable for quite awhile.

9. Working out at a heavier weight is painful, but the more you lose, the easier it will become. Keep at it.

10. Your body can get pretty strong if you give it a chance, don’t judge your body by how it feels those first few weeks of working out.

A little more each day

So I woke up late this morning (apparently 6:30 am is late for me now... who am I?) so I decided to just take extra care during my yoga practice this morning instead of rushing it and trying to get a run in, telling myself I would run after work today around 6. Around noon I was like... mmmm maybe I don’t need to run today. And was waffling on it. Around 4:30 I was like okokok... just go for a walk then come back and cycle. Just put your shoes on and get out the door. If the only thing you do today is reinforce a habit thats success. You don’t even have to cycle. Just get out the door. Just go. So I wrapped up a little early and put my shoes on and went out the door and told myself I just had to do the 1 mile loop. I could walk it if I wanted to. And then I hit the straight away on 15th and I was like ok... just run to the next block. And I did. I walked a little and ran a little until my watch beeped at the mile marker. 13.5 minute mile down! Considering I’ve only been back at it for a week... I’m not mad about it.

Just do a little more than you think you can each day and you’ll get there.