| With diets and attempts at weight loss, the failures and | | | | minutes or do an hour of aerobics or any other form |
| false starts outweigh the success stories by what | | | | of exercise, make it easy and simple. |
| seems like a million to one. Why such a miserable | | | | Life offers up some days that are just more difficult |
| success rate? One of the main reasons why weight | | | | than others - that's just the way life is. And, it is often |
| loss is such an ongoing and difficult mountain to climb is | | | | on these days that it becomes too difficult to get up |
| due to the fact that, ironically, we often make a | | | | and get going - especially when you are staring an |
| mountain out of it. | | | | hour of exercise square in the face. It is moments like |
| As with many people who constantly toy with diets, | | | | this that can stop your weight loss train right in its |
| their efforts generally meet with some initial positive | | | | tracks. You want to stay at rest, so you stay at rest |
| results, but sooner or later, often before the goal has | | | | and go back to your 8th grade inertia scenario. |
| been reached, their weight loss momentum gets | | | | But when you make the smaller time commitment, it is |
| derailed. A principal reason for this is that the | | | | far easier to get yourself up and get going. "I can do |
| commitment that we make, or are required to make, is | | | | this for 5 minutes and then I'll bag it for the day." And, |
| simply not sustainable. | | | | some days you might only have 5 minutes in exercise |
| So what then, are ways to stay on the weight loss | | | | in your bag of tricks. But most of the time, you will find |
| track? A key, with respect to exercise, is making a | | | | that once you have started your exercise momentum, |
| realistic time commitment that can be met, even on our | | | | 5 minutes quickly becomes 20, 30, and often more. |
| worst days. | | | | Once your body has become accustomed to the |
| How will a toned down time commitment be a benefit | | | | regular exercise it will only build on itself. But still, allow |
| to you, you might wonder. The answer has to do with | | | | yourself at least the possibility to have a short |
| a term that we learned in 8th grade science - | | | | exercise day now and again. One prevailing common |
| INERTIA. Something that is at rest (you), tends to stay | | | | result is that you will have far less starts and stops in |
| at rest (you, again). So get up and get moving. | | | | your program. It won't seem so overwhelming, even on |
| And the best way to get moving is to make the task | | | | the tough days. Dieting advances and successful |
| something that seems easy and doable. Make a | | | | weight loss will be far more likely with this kind of |
| moderate time commitment of just 5 or 10 minutes. | | | | approach. |
| Instead of carving out an obligation to run for 45 | | | | |