I have noticed that when people quit bad habits they become like obsessed with other people doing that same bad habit and they kind of go overboard. We have someone like that in group. To say that he is obsessed is an understatement, he is exercising 3 hours a day has a personal trainer and has gone vegetarian. This same guy could only talk about wanting was a T-bone steak the first couple of weeks. He is now a vegetarian because it "is healthier" and "it is politically more correct."
I can only speak for myself, but I can not maintain that level of exercise without some goal in mind. Maybe after years of exercise it will become second nature, but for me I have to have some big plan to keep me motivated. I have learned that people are not that different, and whereas some will continue to exercise, for others this may just be a flash in the pan. I think maybe he will keep it up - he is really enjoying the attention of the weight loss. Only time will tell.
Now I really liked him up to a couple of weeks ago. Now I just find him annoying. For the past two months he keeps saying that he just doesn't understand how he is losing so much weight. He loses 4-7 pounds every week and he is coming up to his goal weight. But every time he comes away from being weighed he always says the same thing _"I don't know why I keep losing so much weight." I mean really - you don't know why you are losing so much weight?
Okay - so maybe I am just tad green...but still.
I can only speak for myself, but I can not maintain that level of exercise without some goal in mind. Maybe after years of exercise it will become second nature, but for me I have to have some big plan to keep me motivated. I have learned that people are not that different, and whereas some will continue to exercise, for others this may just be a flash in the pan. I think maybe he will keep it up - he is really enjoying the attention of the weight loss. Only time will tell.
Now I really liked him up to a couple of weeks ago. Now I just find him annoying. For the past two months he keeps saying that he just doesn't understand how he is losing so much weight. He loses 4-7 pounds every week and he is coming up to his goal weight. But every time he comes away from being weighed he always says the same thing _"I don't know why I keep losing so much weight." I mean really - you don't know why you are losing so much weight?
Okay - so maybe I am just tad green...but still.
Doesn't sound like you're "green" to me - just a realist.
ReplyDeleteHe won't keep up 3 hrs of exercise, etc. per day BUT hopefully he won't need to.
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Yeah, he's happy and excited and he doesn't want to brag so he says something dorky. I think it's kind of sweet. Remember, you liked him all this time for a reason.
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