Avoiding pain and choosing pleasure at this time of year is a totally natural reaction.
Choosing to stay on the settee, instead of training sounds great to most people. You have instant pleasure and gratification through being comfortable, and that pleasure can only be enhanced if you like a bottle of wine, a takeaway, chocolate or whatever you crave.
The thought of going out in the cold, wet and dark nights is the opposite of most people’s idea of fun.
The problem starts when you choose the settee and the wine over a prolonged period and the whole thing starts affecting the way you look and feel.
Wearing black all the time will only work for a while. Wearing a big baggy jumper won’t hide all the lumps and bumps that are going to develop in your body in the places you really don’t want them.
Then all the “pleasure” you have enjoyed really becomes painful.
You really start to hate the way you look and feel, and you will do anything to change it. This is why many look for the quick fix of faddy dieting, then this works for a while but inevitably all the weight comes back on very quickly once you start eating properly again.
This is why a relatively short period of time exercising gives you much longer periods of pleasure. You know you’re going to look much better if you exercise properly and regularly, that half hour or 45 minutes will contribute heavily to the way you look and feel.
The funny thing too is that as you get fitter and exercise more, you will enjoy it much more so the whole thing becomes much more of a pleasant and pleasurable experience.
Another reason to hit your training hard in December, and stops any kind of rut developing!
