Are You in the Fast Lane?
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This is a guest post by Matthew Perry.
Hello again!
I am one of those “visual” people…meaning, if you are going to try to explain something to me you better bring a pen and paper or make sure that I already have some props stored in my memory bank. And no, drawing with your hands in the air does not work either.
So to make a point about how YOU can change your food consumption and exercise program, try to picture this:
Picture the last time you were cruising down the highway at let’s say 80 miles an hour, and it had been a while, maybe a good 30-40 minutes. Then someone pulled out in front of you bringing your speed down to 60 miles an hour…(what a jerk!). That horrible feeling, that feeling of just barely moving starts to set in. You are stuck behind this person and it is just agonizing, you cannot even imagine driving this slow…who drives this slow!
So now you’re stuck for a while going 60 miles an hour. Once you’re over the piss off, you actually get used to the speed and conform and then it just feels normal.
YES, NORMAL!
What does driving down the highway have to do with exercise and diet?
Well really not much or anything at all…except the feeling of change.
When you first start an exercise program it can feel awkward. But after you stick with it, it feels NORMAL. The trick is getting through that period of “change”. Once you give into the change and accept the new routine it feels great…like, how did I never do this before?!
And food intake is the exact same way. You might go from eating ice-cream every night to only once a week. Wholly crap…that would be like going from 100 mph to maybe 20…but after you get used to 20, it just feels NORMAL…
If you want to get ahead in life with this exercise and diet stuff, then pay attention to your reaction to change.
Here’s another great testimonial I just have to share with you (I am in the protein powder business you know!) -
Hi Matthew,
I took the protein powder home last night & let a couple of my friends taste it (they thought it was the breakfast Nestle Carnation drink) & they thought it was awesome. After I showed them the bottle it came in they were totally sold. I had to split my bottle between the 3 of us, so I’ll be ordering more in the next week or so…This morning they signed up for your newsletter!
Thanks,
Sara
If you want to see what Sara and her friends are so excited about, go to
http://www.3rdchancefitness.com/muscle-mass.html.
Cheers to your health and fitness,
Matthew
www.3rdChanceFitness.com
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Good post Matthew. Getting started is usually the hardest part. Once you have been exercising and eating different foods for a week or so it becomes a lot easier to cope with.
Another tip using your highway example is to ‘Avoid Roadblocks’. Although the changes do start to feel normal if you have a few bad days and skip the gym or eat junk food, you can quickly find yourself facing a road block. All of a sudden you’ve missed the gym for a few days and no longer want to go back or you start to think it’s easier to take the fast food option. Although the change does start to feel normal, you have to push yourself to keep changing, even on the days when you don’t feel like it.