Trying To Get back Into Shape After 50

Trying to Get Back in Shape After 50

Anyone who has ever tried to get back in shape after age fifty will tell you that it’s not easy and they’re right. Trying to lose weight or improve your level of physical fitness can be a daunting task. Firstly, it requires a lot of commitment. Commitment means to me being able to force yourself to do something or force yourself not to do something when you just plain don’t feel like it. Motivation and self discipline definitely play important roles. I find that people are very departmentalized when it comes to concepts like will power and motivation. For example, I find it easier to exercise when I am tired and sore than to refrain from eating junk food. In fact, my desire to eat junk food is more easily rationalized when I tell myself that I will be going to the gym later in the day. Intellectually, I know darn well that I will not be able to burn off all the calories I ingested by eating that chocolate bar. But it is amazing how rationalization always seems to triumph over intellectual knowledge.