Falling off the wagon; old habits die hard
So I think this gym thing has had a bit of a false start. My last workout was 10 days ago - it almost sounds like the start of a confession when I say it like that - which is just too long to call it an extended rest period. Not last week, but the week before I did three days in a row, and was just at the point where I considered myself exercising again, and then I stopped. Not for any particular reason, but it was just falling back into old habits of not exercising because there was always something else to do, including eating junk food.
It seems after a year of not exercising and not watching what I eat, those are the habits that are ingrained in my head, and it’s all too easy to make excuses not to gym after a hard day at work when I am tired by the time I get home. But I’m always going to be tired when I get home from work, so if I keep using that excuse I may as well cancel my membership right now.
A good mate of mine told me that it takes 90 days to make something a habit in your life, meaning you don’t have to think about an activity or action consciously, you just do it as part of a routine. I had thought being a fat bastard and wanting to lose weight, that time would have been reduced by about 87 days. Apparently not. I’m really going to have to take it from the beginning, and find the time to make the routine again, and make exercise a regular part of my day.
Otherwise it’s just going to be another year of excuses!
Andy.