Five Tips to Sabotage ANY Exercise Plan
We all know that exercise is good for us and many of us are trying to boost our activity level. I feel very lucky to have found ways of being active that don’t just work for me—they help me thrive.
Please be nice to me when I say that I am a runner who loves to run. I know—if you aren’t there–it’s a hard concept to grasp. I know because it wasn’t always this way. Before I found my inner-fitness fan, I struggled with failed workout attempts and exercise plans that were destined to crash and burn from the beginning. Periodically, amidst the Jane Fonda VHS tapes and the aerobics classes, I would try running. It seemed convenient and low maintenance and like something I “should” do (falling for the “should” was my first mistake). I hated it.
Here are five things I did to make sure I hated running. Feel free to apply these tips to sabotage your fitness plan:
Mistake 1: I was hungry
My early urges to run usually coincided with an urge to lose weight. I’d start some ridiculous diet and then decide that I needed to up my results with exercise. This meant that I was huffing and puffing and I was hungry.
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