I used to have this Goal of Daily Physical exercise for the
past of several years. The problem though was I was never a regular at Physical
Exercise. It used to be in Fits and Starts. My longest streak of exercising was
for around 21 consecutive days. I started to think about this recently on why exercise has never made into my life as an habit
Following are my observations on my irregular exercise
routine:
Usually the day’s agenda forced me to decide if I felt motivated to go out and exercise. If it was an hectic day, I would get bogged down and
prefer to lie down in the bed rather than exercising
On Somedays, I woke up so late that I would prefer to run through
the daily chores rather than spending the time in exercising
Last and the most important reason was sheer laziness. I
preferred to get that extra half-hour sleep in the bed rather than slugging out in
the Park
And one fine day I read an article by Leo Babauta’s four steps for changing habits
1)
Start very small….Earlier I used to think
I would go for exercise only if can do 30 minutes of work-out. Nowadays, I
tend to go out to do the Physical exercise even if it is just for 10 minutes.2) Do only one change at a time…I don’t do a variety of exercise. I just go out and do jogging. I am ramping the time that I spend on exercising at a slow pace.
3) Be present and enjoy the activity (don’t focus on results)… Earlier I used to get paranoid about the speed & time that I spent in exercising…These days I just go out there and exercise. Each step at a Time is what I am focusing on…Nothing More.Nothing Less
4) Be Grateful for every step you take… Finally I am happy that I am out there exercising .I am in the process of developing a new habit
Let me see how this goes….I will keep you all posted