Wednesday, March 2, 2011

We are what we repeatedly do.

     Update time:  4 weeks are done.  I don't know where the time has gone.   Only 5 months left until my arbitrary goal date for wellness.  I have continued to eat well plus, more importantly, exercise including 3x/week jogging.  It hasn't showed up much on the scale (yet), but weight is just a number. Am hopeful that as I am able to jog longer weekly distances, the calorie burn will increase, and/or if I increase muscle mass.
     I did some research.  Google says it takes 3-4 weeks to form a habit.  A research study at University College London showed it takes 66 days to create automaticity of a habit.   I am close to halfway to forming automaticity.  I would like to be hooked on exercise. 
     I am counting on the following quotes to be true:

"Good habits, once established are just as hard to break as bad habits."  Robert Puller

"First we make our habits, then our habits make us."  Charles C Noble

"Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going."  Jim Rohn

"We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."  Aristotle

     (If you are giving veganism a try, use ground raw cashews as a substitute for parmesan cheese.  We like it.)

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