We’ve all heard this saying before:
"A frog tossed in a pot of boiling water will hop right out.
Put a frog in cool water instead, and it’ll stay put as the heat gets turned up."
The difference is that small changes aren’t even noticed.
Every day, whether you think so or not, you’re faced with small opportunities to make healthy choices and build healthy habits, to make changes that you may not even notice. In front of the TV, at lunch with
the boss, talking on the phone – the opportunities are there.
You have the chance now to get good at recognizing those small windows of opportunity to move closer to your goals each and every day.
If you have been eating Mcdonalds everyday for the last 2 years switching cold turkey to well….. turkey may be too drastic of a change for you to realistically maintain right off the bat.
Maybe switching to the grilled chicken sandwich and an iced tea might go over a little better for week one.
If you have only walked at 3mph as your cardio for as long as you remember, upping your workouts to a 30 minute run at 6pmh may be a bit much.
Start with a quick 1 minute burst of running at 5mph every 3 minutes or so and see how that goes for a week or two.
Now if you are like me, I do love to jump both feet in and go all out. And that is still OK.
All I’m saying is don’t discount the small things.
They matter too.