The Stupid Easy Exercise Plan

I am lazy.


Therefore, if I wanna start a new habit, it has to be easy. Especially if the only one effected by the habit is me. I'll bust my ass training for color guard, but if I'm just trying to stay healthy, I'm lazy. Laaaaaaaazy.


I don't wanna feel sore all the time. I wanna feel good. That's why you exercise, after all- to look and feel good. Well, that's why I exercise.


If you're like me, then I have a secret: start whatever routine you want to do at stupid easy.


That's right folks: stupid easy.


Wanna run 30 minutes every day? Start by running ten. Wanna do 20 push-ups? Start with ten, or do 20 of the knee push-ups. Start with something so easy you can already do it.


Obviously, the Stupid Easy plan does not promise instant results.


However, the reason I like it is that you establish the habit first. I'm in no hurry. I'm not training for anything except life, and if this lazy girl is going to have healthy habits, they need to feel good. I can afford to spend a week or two on Stupid Easy before I progress to Easy. And you know what? It is really hard to skip something so small.


I'll admit, I can get impatient. I want to feel like I worked hard, like I blasted the fat away, like my muscles are growing as we speak. But that impulse never lasts. Like I said, at heart, I'm lazy. I need to show myself that it's no big deal before I'll really commit.


So there you have it: the Stupid Easy Exercise Plan. Let's review:


Step One: Decide what you want to do.


Step Two: Do about half of that. (Do it at the same time you would do your full workout.)


Step Three: Laugh at how easy it is. Smile. Feel like you accomplished something.


Step Four: Repeat for each new fitness goal! And don't forget to smile :)


That's it! This won't get you to the Olympics, and it won't help you lose a thousand pounds, but it will help you establish the kind of healthy habits that keep you in good shape. Enjoy!


<3


Dirty Carrie

How To Fail Your New Years Resolution

Happy New Years, Pixies! While Lynzie makes her way back from New Orleans, recovering from her New Years partying and the Game That Shall Not Be Named, I thought I'd stop in and actually write an article.

New Years Resolutions. To be perfectly frank, I don't know a single person who has ever totally kept their NYR. Oh, I know lots of people who lost ten pounds, and got organized, and got into grad school. They succeeded, all right- but not without failing first.

That's the trick- knowing how to fail. One piece of cake may mean you've fallen off the wagon, but it doesn't mean you'll never lose the weight, and it certainly doesn't mean you're a bad person.

Perfectionism is too often an excuse for not even trying. Love your resolution. Take risks for it. Fail, and fight, and succeed for it. If you screw up, who cares? You're still awesome. You're still worth it. You deserve to get what you want.

Go get 'em, Pixies!