Comments on: Reasons to Exercise http://rickyspears.com/blog/2006/05/reasons-to-exercise/ Empower. Challenge. Advance. Tue, 15 May 2012 12:19:19 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ricky Spears’ Blog » Blog Archive » Building Habits with Paper Clips http://rickyspears.com/blog/2006/05/reasons-to-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-10422 Ricky Spears’ Blog » Blog Archive » Building Habits with Paper Clips Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:03:27 +0000 http://rickyspears.com/blog/?p=123#comment-10422 [...] few months, but I always seem to return to my old habits. I’ve blogged before about how much I hate to exercise, even though it is a negative-time [...] [...] few months, but I always seem to return to my old habits. I’ve blogged before about how much I hate to exercise, even though it is a negative-time [...]

]]> By: rickyspears http://rickyspears.com/blog/2006/05/reasons-to-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-2682 rickyspears Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:37:59 +0000 http://rickyspears.com/blog/?p=123#comment-2682 Anne - Thanks for writing. Sad to say that I still haven't developed any kind of exercise habit except the habit of avoiding it. :o) Anne – Thanks for writing. Sad to say that I still haven’t developed any kind of exercise habit except the habit of avoiding it. :o )

]]> By: Anne http://rickyspears.com/blog/2006/05/reasons-to-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-2681 Anne Thu, 01 Feb 2007 01:17:40 +0000 http://rickyspears.com/blog/?p=123#comment-2681 Hey, just checking in to see how the exercise habit is going, hope you are keeping it up. Hey, just checking in to see how the exercise habit is going, hope you are keeping it up.

]]> By: Ann http://rickyspears.com/blog/2006/05/reasons-to-exercise/comment-page-1/#comment-2356 Ann Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:43:41 +0000 http://rickyspears.com/blog/?p=123#comment-2356 I'm not sure how to express this as a SMART goal, but I think you'll be on they way to that if you find your day's less pleasant because you didn't exercise. I used to walk, daily. 1 hour, Monday through Friday. The weirdness was that, as much as I disliked exercising, I couldn't go more than a day without. If I did, my legs would ache all day. (Yes, Sundays were a pain.) Knowing that my legs were going to hurt if I didn't exercise sometimes got me to put in a half-hour on Sunday mornings. But I never really came to love it. I dropped the habit after 1.5 years, cold turkey, due to a stressful period in my life which altered my daily routine. After 2 weeks of very high stress levels and a distinctly different daily routine, the habit was completely gone. If you learn how to enjoy exercise, please share! I've never really enjoyed it either, and have never learned how to enjoy it. I’m not sure how to express this as a SMART goal, but I think you’ll be on they way to that if you find your day’s less pleasant because you didn’t exercise.

I used to walk, daily. 1 hour, Monday through Friday. The weirdness was that, as much as I disliked exercising, I couldn’t go more than a day without. If I did, my legs would ache all day. (Yes, Sundays were a pain.)

Knowing that my legs were going to hurt if I didn’t exercise sometimes got me to put in a half-hour on Sunday mornings. But I never really came to love it.

I dropped the habit after 1.5 years, cold turkey, due to a stressful period in my life which altered my daily routine. After 2 weeks of very high stress levels and a distinctly different daily routine, the habit was completely gone.

If you learn how to enjoy exercise, please share! I’ve never really enjoyed it either, and have never learned how to enjoy it.

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