Thursday, June 2, 2011

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

This is a devotional out of my Healthy Lifestyle class, I Don't Do Diet. 

EXERCISE BY OSMOSIS

You were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your body. 1 Corinthians 6:20

I’m going to ask you to think back to your grade school and high school days when your teachers were telling you that you couldn’t learn history by just putting the book under your pillow at night in hopes of the knowledge just seeping in while you sleep.  They were trying to get you to realize that at some point you would have to pick up the book and study the material to learn it.  The same concept is true of your goal to living a healthy lifestyle and becoming physically fit.

As tempting as it seems we have to be careful that we don’t carry this childhood concept into adulthood because exercise doesn’t happen by osmosis.  I have come across many people that could walk into any health club and teach a class on proper exercise technique and nutrition but they still struggle with holding themselves accountable to the daily routine that gets it done.  They have become rich in knowledge but poor in the application of that knowledge.  Remember that the win is in the ‘doing’ not in the ‘knowing or learning.’ 

I know some of us, me included,
that like to know as much as possible about something before we get started.  But there is a point that we have to put action to our learning and just start the process.  You will always have the chance to learn more things about how to improve what we are doing but you won’t get a second chance to repeat this day.  So as a means of accountability; what does your exercise program look like now?  You are in the fourth week of this class and you should be consistently exercising 3-4 times per week.  If you are, then that’s great.  But if you’re not, why?  What is holding you back?  Don’t let complacency and the status quo control your life anymore.

Don’t forget that we all made a COMMITMENT to ourselves when we started this class and we need to stay true to that.  Realize that nobody can do the heavy lifting for us and we will have to work hard for our goal.  This even means sweating – yes I know it’s out of style but it must happen, your success depends on it. 

Let's Get Healthy,
Coach TIA 

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