Somepeoplewilltrytotradeoutsmokingforchewing a pieceofgumoreating a celerystick, andthat's notgonnaworkbecauseyou'renotgettingthesamerewardoutofthatthatyouwerefromsmoking, forexample.
Ifyou'refocusingsomuchon a goalorwatchingtheoutcomesin a waythatmakesyoureflectsomuchonitthatyoudon't allowthosenaturally-occurringhabitstoform, it's gonnabeexhaustingtomaintainovertime.
I startedresearchingphysicalactivityandit's reallyhardtokeeppeoplemotivatedfor a longtimeiftheydon't consideritpartoftheirdailylivesorifit's notwhotheyseethemselvestobe.
And I'd lovethatfindingbecauseitmeanswecanbekindtoourselvesanditmeansit's okaytomiss a fewdays, orit's okaytogiveintotemptationsandjustkickbackontrackthenextday.
Whenyoudoset a goaloryoudoset a resolution, thinkabouthowyoucanmakethatbehaviorthatyouwannadotheeasiest, orthemostsatisfying, orthefunnestoptionoutofalltheoptionsyouhave.