{"id":1302,"date":"2011-07-13T13:16:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-13T21:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/?p=1302"},"modified":"2016-02-15T18:59:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-16T02:59:16","slug":"workingout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jaeminyi.com\/workingout\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Working Out a Lifelong Habit"},"content":{"rendered":"
All my life, I’ve been one of those guys who could never stick to his workout plan.<\/p>\n
I’d always start off with plenty of enthusiasm. I’d research the hell out of my workouts, set strict meal plans, have a specific goals of X pounds of muscles within X weeks…<\/p>\n
But by week 3, I’d already get bored. Start slacking. And once I miss a workout or cheat on my meal, it was all downhill from there. And yes, this happened many, many times.<\/p>\n
Was I just lazy? Did I just not have any self-discipline? At the time, I thought the answer was most definitely “Yes\u2026you just suck at life.”<\/p>\n
But let’s fast forward to now. I’ve been working out consistently for the past 2 years. I’ve been eating a healthy paleo\/primal diet for the past 8 months. I feel better and look better than I ever have before.<\/p>\n
I finally f#%*ng did it! But how? Did I miraculously become a self-disciplined, non-lazy, ass-kicking machine? Hell no.<\/p>\n
The only difference is that I changed my reason for working out.<\/strong><\/p>\n See, back then, the only reason I was working out was so I could look better. So I could finally have a beach body that I wasn’t ashamed of. So I could finally turn some girls’ heads.<\/p>\n But this was a shitty reason for me to stick to my gym schedule day in and day out. Progress was slow (especially after the first few months) so I wouldn’t see the harm in skipping a workout. Or two. Or three\u2026<\/p>\n And “looking better” just wasn’t important enough to me. Let’s face it: working out and eating right is hard work. It takes dedication. Yeah sure, I wanted chiseled abs, but I didn’t want it so badly that I’d sacrifice everything else in my life for it.<\/p>\n But as of 2 years ago, here’s my new reason for working out: to feel better.<\/strong> To have more natural energy throughout my day. To start off my days with a bang and a rush of endorphins. To feel great all <\/em>the time.<\/strong><\/p>\n This new reason for working out has changed everything for me.<\/p>\n Now when I hit the gym, I know I’m getting a ton of instant benefits:<\/p>\n [unordered_list style=”bullet”]<\/p>\n [\/unordered_list]<\/p>\n With all that to look forward to, why would I ever want to skip a workout? I actually look forward to them now. Crazy, huh? I never thought I’d be one of those people who say that.<\/p>\n A few other tips that’ve helped me:<\/p>\n [unordered_list style=”bullet”]<\/p>\n But in the morning? It’s the perfect way to wake you up, boost your energy (better then a cup of coffee), and to start your day off feeling accomplished, energetic, and happy. I honestly can’t recommend it enough.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n Out of all the ones I’ve tried, I’ve really liked the MuscleHack<\/a> and Stronglifts<\/a> programs. They’re both explained in completely free ebooks, are simple, and easy to start.<\/li>\n<\/p>\n<\/ul>\n [\/unordered_list]<\/p>\n Now I can finally be one of those people who say, “I feel weird when I miss a workout”. Wow. I never thought that’d be me.<\/p>\n Ever since I changed my goal from “looking better” to “feeling better”, not only do I feel on top of the world, but ironically, I also look better then I ever have before. <\/p>\n And I now know that working out and health will be a top priority for the rest of my life. <\/p>\n It feels good to say that. It feels even better to live it. If you couldn’t tell by the post, I’m definitely on a health kick right now and I’m loving it. <\/p>\n After having a few weeks of booze-fueled, sleep-deprived, New York craziness, my body is screaming at me to start treating it better. And I listened.<\/p>\n So for the month of July, I’m about to attempt the impossible: live a completely healthy lifestyle in New York. I know I can pull it off too.<\/p>\n I’m not doing this for any noble reasons either. Like I said in this post, I just want to have more energy, feel better, and above all…be happier.<\/p>\n So I’m ramping the workouts up to 5 days a week, doing them first thing in the morning, eating all paleo\/primal (except for one cheat meal a week), and cutting down on the alcohol.<\/p>\n I’m a week and a half in so far and I feel fucking great. Will keep you updated on how this healthy lifestyle co-exists with the NYC lifestyle, but so far so good.<\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" All my life, I’ve been one of those guys who could never stick to his workout plan.<\/p>\n I’d always start off with plenty of enthusiasm. I’d research the hell out of my workouts, set strict meal plans, have a specific goals of X pounds of muscles within X weeks…<\/p>\n But by week 3, I’d already get bored. Start slacking. And once I miss a workout or cheat on my meal, it was all downhill from there. And yes, this happened many, many times.<\/p>\n Was I just lazy? Did I just not have any self-discipline? At the time, I thought the answer was most definitely “Yes\u2026you just suck at life.”<\/p>\n But let’s fast forward to now. I’ve been working out consistently for the past 2 years. I’ve been eating a healthy paleo\/primal diet for the past 8 months. I feel better and look better than I ever have before.<\/p>\n I finally f#%*ng did it! But how? Did I miraculously become a self-disciplined, non-lazy, ass-kicking machine? Hell no.<\/p>\n The only difference is that I changed my reason for working out.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jaeminyi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/working-out-lg.jpg?fit=1400%2C933&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p79mZF-l0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jaeminyi.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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