If you have ever been snow skiing you know that one wrong move, one glance away or one split second of lost focus may get you in a heap of trouble. The hard part comes trying to stop the slide down the slope. It doesn't take much and the next thing you know, you have hit the bottom only to look up and find yourself wishing you had it to do over again, this time much different and with more focus and preparation.
Have you ever made one slip in your workout program and down you went? Doesn't seem like much at the time, but that's all it takes to get the snowball rolling. You make one little excuse not to exercise, you have one day off the wagon of your eating program and wham! Down you go, slipping and sliding all the way until you bottom out and want to quit. And some of you do quit. All you are looking for is one permission slip, one little fall on a hill and that's it. To hard, not worth the effort why bother any more?
Or you may be the type that says, "Well one time is not bad, I'll do it tomorrow. Then tomorrow comes and you have some other stupid reason not to exercise. Before you know it, again, you're looking up at that hill thinking, "How did I get here?"
Your best defensive in preventing a fall is to not give yourself a permission slip to fall. As far as you should be concerned there is no permission slips handed out. There are no options, there are no slippery slopes. You have signed up, you have purchased a lift ticket for the rest of your life to exercise and eat right. Yes, there will be days that you will fall short of a goal, but that doesn't mean you give yourself permission to do so. Yes, there are days when you need to take a day off physically and mentally those days are necessary, however, making an excuse is much different.
I see it almost daily. People will come up with some reason not to, and some sound really legitimate, then that leads to another and another until they have stopped for good.
I encourage you and challenge you to always be on guard. Once you start down that slippery slope of making excuses not to workout that day, may be the beginning of a long hike back up the mountain.
Greg Ryan is a high profile fitness expert and former employee of Kathy Smiths. Best selling author of the Changing from the INSIDE book series. Discover the common sense way to lose weight with out dieting. A proven formula the doctor's DON'T want you to know about. For FREE MINI COURES click here http://www.resolutions.bz
scheduled cleaning services Winnetka ..New studies suggested once again that citric fruits including oranges,... Read More
Weight Loss ? Basic Lessons for Sustained SuccessWeight loss is... Read More
Dear BMTers,Low carb this and low carb that?that's all you... Read More
Experts say obesity will overtake smoking as the biggest health... Read More
Food cravings can be triggered by various things including low... Read More
Any dietary plan on the market has some portion of... Read More
Cellulite is not a medical condition or an aesthetic mutiny... Read More
Weight loss, diets and "carbs" are common household topics. There... Read More
WARNING: Don't weight train until after you've lost weight! No,... Read More
The market is flooded with weight loss supplements that make... Read More
Well, look at you go! You keep moving closer and... Read More
I had 14 weight/health-oriented newsletters in my inbox this morning.... Read More
Getting into a weight loss program or any type of... Read More
The Sour Truth -------------------------- Question: I had a baby 6... Read More
1. Drink plenty of water. Our body needs a lot... Read More
I was shocked. I started to cry...After the holidays, I... Read More
Experts tell us that overweight or obese children have reached... Read More
If you are among the millions of people searching for... Read More
If I collected a dime for each time I've seen... Read More
Low carb beer and lite beer are two different animals.... Read More
A typical breakfast consists of 3 or 4 strips of... Read More
I can't do that Until I Lose This Weight! If... Read More
I had some questions come in about Ephedra. So I... Read More
Are you or your family members amongst the 65%?To help... Read More
We have all set them, and we will revisit them... Read More
reliable maid service Lincolnshire ..? Can you give me an exercise that will get... Read More
April 14, 2005 federal judge Tena Campbell of the federal... Read More
The goal of many athletes and exercisers is to "get... Read More
These days, Jennifer Secrist has little interest in idle activities.... Read More
One way of recognizing a fad diet is... Read More
It would not be surprising to hear your answer is... Read More
Okay, so you've read some of these articles, done your... Read More
What are the best fad diets? It's a question I'm... Read More
Many people want to lose a few of those annoying... Read More
Weight loss can be one of the most difficult things... Read More
Here are some everyday, helpful hints to get you started,... Read More
I wonder how much it is generally known that the... Read More
One of the greatest tricks that I use to stick... Read More
If I were asked, "what is the most difficult thing... Read More
You are not a kid any more and becoming a... Read More
This little known secret has been used by bodybuilders for... Read More
A distorted body image is one of the symptoms that... Read More
If you pick the right personal trainer?you'll most definitely see... Read More
If you want to find a way to lose weight... Read More
Women on diets need more calcium than normal to avoid... Read More
If you find this article helpful, please forward it to... Read More
This past Christmas Season, as most of us stuffed our... Read More
In the early nineties I had the opportunity to work... Read More
In our quest to get that "perfect" body, we actually... Read More
Visualizing and Declarations are today's topics.Visualize what you want as... Read More
Weight Loss |