{"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

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