Good Habits

I suppose every gym has them - the grunters we call them! The men who push weights so hard they do huge grunts, groans, heaves and are very vocal! Women tend to grit their teeth (in silence) and get on with it. There were two guys at the gym yesterday who go around as a pair, then swap over the weight equipment with each other. They are grunters, huge grunters, the noises coming from them make me grin. I was out on the mat area when they came through, they both started doing weights, grunting away as they do. It got too much for one of them, he lay exhausted, groaned, moaned and quite loudly said ''OHHH F#*K!!! I'm broad minded but couldn't quite believe it. I was almost tempted to say "listen mate I didn't make that much noise giving birth!!!"

Oh how hard it is to make something a good habit, how hard it is to keep the new habit going, and how easy it is to start to break a habit.

This has been what's going on with me this week, there is this devilish woman inside that has been arguing with the more disciplined me. I'll call her She Devil. She's evil!! Since Monday this is what the arguments have been like, guess who won!
MONDAY
She Devil: You are too busy today for the gym.
Me: But I don't want to miss a session...
She Devil: Leave it today - you can make it up tomorrow. Just do aqua.
Me: Yep - you're right.
(Not that busy I couldn't fit in an extra aqua class at night!)

TUESDAY
Me: Mmm, I'm meant to go to the gym to make up for yesterday.
She Devil: You've still got heaps on to do.
Me: Maybe I'll go and just do half the program.....
She Devil: Waste of petrol - just go tomorrow.
Me: Yea - twice a week is enough!
(I did get to aqua at night once again)

WEDNESDAY
Me: I have to do a full program today, haven't been since Friday!
She Devil: You still have to organise your holiday details, are you sure you've got time?
10.30am
Me: If I'm going to make the gym, I better go now!
She Devil: Finish of what you are doing here and then go - you may not get all the program done - but at least you will get through a bit before aqua.
Me: Yep - you are right.
She Devil: You are doing well, you've done three aqua sessions so far this week.
11.30am
dragged myself into the gym, aqua starts at 12.10
I was thinking at this stage - do I really need to do gym work as well as aqua??
She Devil: How much of the program are you going to do? You won't get time for the whole program.
Me: I'll just see how I go.
She Devil: don't forget aqua starts in just over 30 minutes, you can come back here tomorrow.

So I started working out and I also started thinking, I've mucked around all week, yep I'm busy but this isn't what I planned! I know I need the gym work more than aqua and this week I'm slipping back into bad habits of half finished gym programs, then they could get fewer and fewer between (like in the past)

12.05
She Devil: Time to stop and get into the pool! It will be lovely in there.
Me: No way!! I'm only half way through my program, I'm going to finish it today!

So I did, I felt great afterwards! Tired but a well earned tiredness. I made the last half of the aqua class. I'm not going to listen to that She Devil. I've started a new habit in my life and I don't want it to change, I can see how easily that could happen!