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Mini Habits for Weight Loss

Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.

By

Stephen Guise

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Mini Habits for Weight Loss by Stephen Guise

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Part One

Part Two

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Preface

Mini Habits and the One Push-up Story

"Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time."

~ Arnold H. Glasow

I prefer to do the easiest and most enjoyable things, even if its sometimes at the expense of moving my life in a healthy direction, and I dont think Im alone in that.

For most of my life, my propensity to do the fun but less advisable things was extremely frustrating. It kept me from becoming the person I wanted to be. But I found a way to turn the odds in my favor. Not to be dramatic or anything, but my life changed forever on December 28, 2012. Heres what happened.

The end of the year was three days away, and I sat on my bed thinking about making some changes. Namely, I desired to exercise consistently, something I had never been able to do. Id do it for a week or two and quit. The reasons varied; there was always an excuse.

Im not fond of New Years Resolutions with their arbitrary start date of January 1, so I decided to begin my change that day by exercising for 30 minutes at home. Problem: I couldnt do it. I felt lethargic, unmotivated, and out of shape. The idea of exercising actually repulsed me, and no motivational tactic helped. I had been in this situation before, but a recent book I read gave me an idea.

Earlier that month, I had read Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko. Michalko gives readers a number of creative problem solving tools, one of which is called False Faces. To use this technique, you simply consider the opposite of your current idea. A crude example: If your idea is to build a water park, maybe the opposite idea would be to build a desert-themed park. The opposite idea is not meant to be great in itself, but to open your mind to a wider spectrum of possibilities.

My idea was to exercise for 30 minutes, but I had hit a motivational brick wall, so I tried out False Faces to see if it could solve my problem. Since I saw my workout as an intimidating amount of effort, I figured the opposite would be something thats very easy to do, say, one push-up.

I laughed at myself for considering such a worthless idea.

Thanks for nothing, Mr. Michalko! Your little technique didnt work!

One push-up? I may have been down, but I could do better than that. Eventually, I decided to do it out of self-mockery and frustration for failing to get motivated.

If I cant do a simple 30-minute workout, then Im going to do one push-up. Great job, Stephen. You can do a push-up. Your dreams will surely come true now.

As I lowered myself to the ground, my joints creaked, my arms were weak, and my body screamed at me to sit on the couch but all I had to do was one push-up. So I did, and it transformed my life.

While in push-up position, it seemed silly to do a single push-up, so I did a few more, then stood up. At this point, I was intrigued. This was the same way I would have started a 30-minute workout. I had already met and exceeded my goal, and my body was warmed up. I set a few more small goals and my push-up count reached 50 reps. After that, I grabbed my pull-up bar and did the same thing. A full 20 minutes of exercise later, I faced the ultimate challenge.

I had the idea to do a 10-minute ab program to finish off my workout, but my brain shot it down like a professional skeet shooter. Youve had your fun with exercise, Stephen, but Im drawing the line here. Go play video games.

Resistance was strong, but Im a quick learner. I used my new secret weapon, and made sure to compliment my subconscious (the source of resistance). My thought process went something like this.

1. Oh mighty subconscious, I wouldnt dare exercise my abs for 10 minutes, but would you mind if I just set up my exercise mat?
2. Oh great brain of legend, now that my mat is set up, would it be alright to sit on it?
3. Oh tremendous cranial overlord, is there any harm in finding an ab exercise video on YouTube and pressing Play?

Bingo. It worked. 10 minutes later, my abdominal muscles were ablaze. I sat on my bed with a glass of water and took it in: My one push-up had somehow grown into the 30-minute workout that I was unable to do before. My brain nearly exploded out of surprise and delight. I had broken through an amount of resistance that I had never overcome previously. That situation had always meant failure, but this time, I succeeded. What could this mean for my future?

From that day on, I vowed to do at least one push-up every day. Admittedly, I missed two days in the next six months, but otherwise, I always did my push-up(s). Sometimes, it would spark a full workout as it did the first time. Other times, I would only do five to 10. On a few occasions, I did just one push-up to meet my requirement.