If you want to make healthy changes in your life, you need to adopt healthy habits. Habits don't become habits overnight, you have to do them day after day... estimates go from 21 days to 90 days depending on the habit you are trying to learn. Most likely the stronger the mental resistance to the change the longer it will take.
I remember when I first decided to start eating breakfast before I left or work. I did it the first few days and then a few days later I'm at work and I realize I forgot. Sometimes I realized as I was walking out the door, but it was already too late. But I kept at it, I left the oatmeal bowl on the kitchen counter to remind me, or I'd take the oatmeal out of the cabinet before I showered and shaved, so that when I went in the kitchen for my coffee I'd see it and remember. Today, it's automatic I don't even have to think about it.
Exercise might take longer to make into a habit, because there's always something on TV or something to check on the internet or whatever you're used to doing... but you can make it a habit and once you start feeling better physically and feeling better about yourself, you'll be looking forward to the habit.
On Another Note: Awesome Pull-Up/Chin-Up workout this morning... amazing improvements on my first 2 sets, improvements on my middle 2 sets and no change on the last 2 sets... I'll take it... I hope I didn't set the bar too high (no pun intended) for the next work-out... I think not having worked last night gave me a little extra energy, but we'll see the next time.
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