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No One Wants to Workout For Their Health, Apparently
Last week's New York Times reported that exercise was basically magic, and urged us all to exercise for the sake of our health. Today, the New York Times is back, reporting, that unfortunately, no one wants to do anything for the sake of their health. As one motivational psychologist puts it: "The ‘health’ and ‘weight-loss’ brand of exercise doesn’t create desire in people to exercise on a daily basis. It makes the behaviors feel like a chore and a ‘should,’ which undercuts our desire to do them." But apparently we're not all doomed to be fat Muggles who won't work out just because it's good for us. There is an answer. And that answer is twofold: fun and friends. If you work out with friends and your workout is something you find fun, that's when the enchantment begins.
Scientific
Fitter with Friends, HPV, and Leveling Obesity Rates
- Spending time with friends may help kids avoid obesity, says new research. In the study, kids paired with friends for a challenging activity showed much less interest in food than kids paired with unfamiliar peers. You gotta figure that's a little bit true for grownups too.
Workout
these challenges will be... well, challenges
I have signed up for the Emergency Holiday Challenge, knowing that I love to overdo the merriment and cheer with cocktails, cookies, and anything cooked in duck fat. So this sort of proposed workout schedule is just what I need.
Saturday Flog
No workout yesterday, but I did have lots of good foods and spent time with friends.
breakfast:
coffee and ricotta lemon stuffed french toast
lunch:
dim sum--not sure what everything was...a shrimp noodle, a vegetable dumpling, a warm tofu ginger soup
snack:
2 beers
dinner:
fish n chips and another beer
social workout!
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