How Getting Fit Is Like Getting Married

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Probably not a good time for a run

I’ll just come out with this now: I love gadgets, shiny new products, things that make cool noises and pretty colors.

I love to try new things. Much to the annoyance of my family members I have weighted balls, miniature steppers, weights you strap to your hands, heart rate paraphernalia and other such toys. I even bought one of those mini trampoline thingies that ended up being used to jump into the pool.

I’m not recommending you do that by the way.

oh, more shoes yay!

I’m all for trying new things. I think that if it helps you get healthy, then it’s priceless. I’ll continue to talk about products and do giveaways because I believe that what matters is that you get moving. If it helps you, great, if it doesn’t, pass it to someone else that it may help.

But at the end of the day it’s not going to be a gadget that makes you healthy. It’s going to be you. Just you.

Really your commitment to health is somewhat like a marriage.

It takes

commitment

work

motivation

an attitude of love, in this case some self-love

forgiveness

Forgiveness when you let yourself down and skip the workout for Ho-Ho’s.

And like a marriage, until your fully commit, you are going to battle with a lot more valleys than hills.

I’ve been doing sports and fitness much longer than I’ve been married but I know when I’m dropping the ball on both.

Major commitment

We need to ask ourselves if we really want to be committed or are we just dragging it out, pretending, our hearts half in it.

Where are you in your commitment to health? Are you a player, on the fence or in for the long haul?

How do you think it affects your success or lack of?

Tagged as: commitment, fitness, Marriage

http://thegigglybits.com Rita @ The Giggly Bits

Love this Joyce so incredibly true. You can dress it up anyway you like , but just like a marriage the substance it what’s important.
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Joyce

Thanks Rita for commenting! Your comments are always insightful!

http://www.thisinspires.me Francis A

It’s all about commitment and sacrifices and making it work!! It is good for us, (I am lucky to be married to the best Man on Earth) and worth fighting for. As long as we make an effort and and stay committed it will work! What I see a lot and I have done is: we got to our ideal size, and instead of maintaining we go loco!! We forget the work that got us there and starting is over is so much work!! Your blog is good for my health Joyce!! Always encourages me to keep trying!!

Joyce

Great point about getting there & forgetting how we actually got there in the first place. it’s like when you first fall in love.. Thanks Francis, as always you’re amazing.

http://ModelSuppliesBlog.com Anita Nelson

WOW~!
“We need to ask ourselves if we really want to be committed or are we just dragging it out, pretending, our hearts half in it.”

that DOES work for either marriage or workouts~!! What an extremely clever analogy~! I’ve never thought about it in these terms. Maybe this can be the thing that makes me get up and go. Might I suggest eBay for sharing so you can get back part of the money you’ll need to spend on the next toy? lol Just suggested the same to @CiaoBella50 for purging her closet~!!

I figured out a way to stay married for 22 years this month, but am I really committed or just dragging it out… Really committed! So take those principles and apply them to commitment to working out~! Ok, Joyce, I think this may be your BOOK IDEA~!!
x0x
Anita @ModelSupplies

Joyce

Great idea about ebay! Love the way you think Anita!

http://www.katdoesdiets.com Kerri O

SO true. I’m having a re-commitment ceremony

Joyce

Hi Kerri, thanks for stopping by and commenting. Great idea btw! Sometimes I have to have one at least once a week!

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http://abbyandizzysmom.blogspot.com erin

Your analogy is spot-on, Joyce. I am fully committed, but on the verge of hernia surgery. Not happy. Dreading it. I’ll be just walking and doing light weights for a while….
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Joyce

Hi Erin~commitment is the key in both cases. Can’t go by feelings and there’s days you feel like it’s all not working. But as you know we just keep moving forward, always
Dwmatty

I recently completed a 12 week weight loss challenge sponsored by my employer. At the beginning, I knew it would require giving up the bad foods I like. But in the end, I’m glad that I did. I lost 26 pounds, took first place and won $134.00 in the process. More energy, feel better, sleep better. It took grit and determination, changing my eating habits, and lots of exercise. But it all paid off…..figuratively and literally.