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We all know that exercise is good for us — studies, friends, family all probably tell this to you. And I can’t speak for any of you but I know that I don’t seem to get enough exercise — it seems to be much easier to sit in front of the TV and to waste away hours of our lives being entertained. In our home, we even have a treadmill in front of the TV but time on the treadmill is not even close to time in front of the TV. Why?
Part of it is a matter of time — though that’s certainly not an excuse for me (if I have time to watch TV, I have time to at least walk on the treadmill while watching TV). But for others — they have a long day of work where all they want to do when they get back home is to veg out. I think though that it’s a deeper issue — and one for me that I am constantly trying to address. It’s the story that I tell myself . Am I a person that takes fitness seriously? Am I someone that tries to eat healthy (at least 80% of the time)? Am I someone that has strength goals (lifting X amount of weight)? Am I someone that has cardio goals (running X km in Y minutes)? If the story that you tell yourself is that you are someone who needs some rest after a long work day that’s fine, but believe me that it won’t help you move forward in the other goals in your life (you have other things you want to accomplish right?). If the story you tell yourself is that you are a health nut, you are…
