There are different theories as what caused the Titanic to sink. The latest I have heard is that the iceberg just cut a long 1 and 1/2 inch cut down the side of the ship. Within 2 hours, that tiny incision caused a 900 foot long "unsinkable" ship to go down.
Yes you are, yes you are
Poor Leonardo DiCaprio.
"What does this have to do with health and fitness?", you might be asking yourself. And that is a good question.
i think this illustrates perfectly the point that small habits can make a giant difference, for good or bad.
Let's say you drink a 12 ounce can of Mountain Dew every day. No big deal right? A can of Mt. Dew is 170 calories. If you drink one every day for a year that is 62,050 calories in a year, which is the equivalent to 17.7 pounds of fat (pound of fat is 3500 calories).
If you quit drinking that Mt. Dew you could drop those 17.7 pounds of fat.
Then you get all excited and decide to walk for 30 minutes a day. If you walk 30 minutes at a brisk pace you would get in about 2 miles. That would burn about 200 calories. Fun fact, it burns just as many calories to walk a mile as it does to run a mile.
In a year's time you will burn 73,000 calories by walking 30 minutes a day. In that year you would lose about 21 pounds of fat.
Put both of those together and you have lost almost 40 pounds without some gargantuan, marathon training, starvation diet type of lifestyle.
You picked out two small habits and did them consistently. THAT is the key to success in diet and exercise.
Start with one thing you want to change. Where will you start? Pick out something you could see yourself being successful at, not what you picture being the hardest thing.
Then make a commitment to yourself. You will miss a day of exercise, you will have a day you drink 2 or 3 Mt. Dews. It's ok! It's part of the process, so dust yourself off and get back in there kid.
Start small, start today, and keep at it. Think lifestyle change over short term gain. I know you can do this.
