Opening the Doors to Healthier and Stress-Free Living |
A Column by Alice Abbott-Moore, Technical Services, Ekstrom Library Keeping the Romance Alive: You have been doing so well watching what you are eating and exercising several times a week for quite some time. You feel and look great. But somehow when you pull out that lunch and when you get to the gym or that track or that pool you experience a huge feeling of, "Not again...but I've got to keep doing this...because..."If you feel this way toward your food and exercise program, it could be due to the fact that the romance is gone. In other words, you are bored. If you feel this way, please remember that you are not alone. Many people experience this boredom. I know I have felt this way and I probably will again unless I take some appropriate action. After three and a half years of my nutrition/exercise regimen, I get bored at times. When I opted to lose weight, I had such a goal to achieve. Every week I measured my progress toward that goal by the numbers I saw on measuring tapes, clothing sizes, and scales, as well as by how good I felt and looked. I could also measure the improvement in physical stamina by how much more time and distance I could achieve and endure. Then when I obtained my goal weight and size my challenge became maintaining my weight. For a year or so that goal challenged me. But as time goes on I find myself occasionally in those lulls of boredom and I need to take action. The following ideas have helped me:
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