My Progress So Far

I started my fitness regimen last New Year’s in 2009. The last 3 months I’ve gained back about 20lbs which has been really distressing. I did a lot of research on psychology & changing habits that last a life time and I found some common themes. People can make lasting changes in their habits but it’s not as simple as going on a diet.

It turns out that studies have shown (Richard Wiseman in the book 59 Seconds talks about this) that in order to make a lasting change you must:

- set up a set of goals with details around each goal
- visualize each goal periodically to help prime your mind towards achieving the goal
- make a public declaration of what your goal is (to apply social pressure onto you)
- reward yourself as you make progress

So I have a plan now (which I’ll blog about later) and I have sent the link to this blog to a lot of my friends and family. This better do the trick because I want to make a lasting change!




-Mike