One of my main "excuses" that I use to myself about why I haven't yet broken free from what's holding me back is Time. Not enough time. Time pressured. Cash rich, time poor.
Sometimes this is true : there are days when I can't get to my gym because I am either in the office all day and out in the evening, or else because the gym is shut (Sundays and Bank holidays, annoyingly). In that sense, the logistics of time mean that I cannot achieve a specific task - exercise at the gym. However is that excuse really good enough to hold water ? Surely I could get up earlier, go for a walk, do a home exercise DVD? Some of this is more to do with priorities rather than time.
The truth is that I find it easier to take the cheap, lazy, comforting and easy path - which involves (perhaps) staying in bed an hour longer in the morning and not exercising; eating a takeaway pizza rather than cooking a more healthy meal; buying sweets or chocolate when I'm bored.
The alternative path - to cook more at home; to plan meals a week in advance; to read about nutrition and understand my body's needs; to get up early for exercise or to go out for exercise in the evenings instead of slumping on the sofa - takes a lot more time, energy and effort. And yet this is the path that I have to take. It's hard. Breaking free from any addiction is hard - and my addiction, to comfort eating, is socially encouraged in some ways. Still I'm determined to do it.
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