In the past, when I've set my mind to taking better care of myself, I've oftentimes tried to make too
many changes at once and ended up failing gloriously to make any real changes at all. I don’t know why I’ve persisted in doing this again and again over the years after failing at it so many times, but I get it now – that for me, trying to make too many changes at once is the perfect recipe for failure. And I don’t want to fail anymore.
With that said, a question comes to mind – is it possible to
make just one change and have that change make a real impact in our lives?
The answer is yes. There is probably not a time in my life that
illustrates this better than when I started taking a weight-lifting class
called Body Pump several years ago
I remember that first morning well. I had just walked into
the gym when my friend Debbie (who also happens to be a fitness instructor)
asked if I was there to attend her weight-lifting class. I had never attended
before. I was not a fitness class person, but instead of saying no, for some crazy reason, I asked
what time the class started.
Five minutes later, I was setting up my weights in the
class, thinking, “Okay, I’ll do it just this once,” but on that first day I
realized how much more I would get out of attending that class than lifting
weights on my own, so I have returned twice a week, most weeks, ever since. And
I am so much stronger than I was that there is no comparison to who I was
before I started taking that class and who I am now – a woman who can easily do
more squats or bench presses than I care to count.
So, if you, like me, wonder if maybe the best answer to
better health might be making one real change at a time instead of attempting
to make many at once, give it a try. Success is very likely just up the road.
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