Bootcamp Tip

I got this in an email today from my bootcamp trainer and after thinking about it and reading it a couple of times it's brilliant and definitely makes me look at things a little differently.  Thank you Julie!

Email Tip #21: Align your Behavior with your Values

Our behavior is the most accurate indicator of our true character. Ultimately our behavior is simply the acting out of our deeply held values.

We can value something, for example health, yet we find another value, junk food, appears to have more control over our day-to-day choices. While we value health, our choice of eating nutritionally deficient snacks may indicate that expediency or pleasure are actually a more important value to us than our health. Or we may sleep thirty minutes longer rather than getting up for a walk. We say we value exercise and that it is critical to our health, but a greater value for us may be sleep or comfort.

It is fairly well-know that we go to great lengths to avoid pain. It may be that eating healthier and exercising brings you more visions of pain than joy or satisfaction. It is important to learn to choose differently and understand the potential future pain of losing vitality and health is NOT worth the immediate gratification of fast food or a skipped workout.