Why are good habits so easy to break?

Hello!

Last night, I hauled my lazy self out to the track for the Tuesday Night Workout that has been a part of my life for, what, almost eight months now. It was hard to just get out there and get moving! Last week, I did not go because my daughter was sick, and then on Saturday, we did not do our usual bike ride because there was a triathlon on the bike trail, so it was closed to normal traffic. So, only two exercise sessions missed, and I would so much have rather been on the couch instead of out on the track! Why is it that these habits, which I have struggled so hard to establish, can just vaporize at the drop of a hat?

But I got out there, and as we keep telling one another, when we show up, sometimes that is victory enough.

I also managed to get in the pool this morning and swim 800 yards. I did the same "21 minutes" time as I did last week - 625 in 21 minutes, but I snuck in another 50 yards before the swim team kids showed up to claim their lanes at the pool. I am liking swimming a lot more than I did at the beginning, and it's nice to feel some success there. My weight is not so overwhelming in the water, and it's good to feel that one place it's not holding me back. The bike is pretty good for that too, but the water is just special that way.

Hang in there, folks, and keep those habits! Hang onto them!