Good Habits for Life

Small tweaks can become big changes, if we do them often enough. How else do you go from “oh please no, not that” to “yay! It’s that time again, I can’t wait!”

I’m a huge fan of chocolate and, these days my body craves it as it would air, sleep or sex. But I remember my very first Mars Bar. I was at nursery school and a girl gave me a mars bar at lunchtime. During Jackanory that afternoon, I threw up everywhere!  Even so, over the years, like a Trooper, I pushed through that 'pain barrier' on a regular basis and now I guess I could be the World's Leading Chocolate Expert!

I recently read that Nicole Scherzinger had explained how you can crave exercise just as much as you can chocolate. She said that exercise is a natural high and that anything you do in repetition is what you crave the most. The girl has a point. A very valid point. When I first left the personal training industry, I used to crave running; I remember feeling like a caged Tiger when I took my first desk job after having had the freedom of being a gym warrior all day every day!  So I know Nicole’s statement to be true.

But it’s all about pushing yourself over that first bump isn’t it? Always the hardest bit. I guess what I’m trying to tell you is; don’t worry about throwing up during story time, just make sure you get back on the horse and chuck up less next time…

No wait, that’s not quite right! What I mean is; the first week or so might be the hardest days in your life to get out of bed early and push through the pain to do your rehab and additional exercises, but – before you even realise it, by as little as just 2-3 weeks later, you could be annoying the crap out of all your friends and telling them what exercises you did today on your social media page…..!

The key then is never stopping! Please, don't even think about stopping, it was my worst mistake I ever made and although it was during a motor racing session that I caused this back injury, if I had taken better care of myself physically, i.e. was fit enough for my sport, I probably wouldn’t be writing this from a ‘broken person’s’ point of view!

I hear you; the starting is your problem because the thought of having to do this 'forever' puts you off...right? Well my first choccy high overrode the sensation of being sick didn't it? You may think you'll groan about this forever more, but soon, you'll be growling at anyone who tries to steal your chocolate bar off you. I mean, tries to stop you exercising! There I go again...