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Originally Posted by GG300
Good points James. I had a subscription to MH for over a year before I figured out I was not going to lose any weight by religiously reading each months edition. Getting started is always the hard part. Breaking the bad habits and learning new healthy ones seem like such a big step. When actually all you need to do is get out there and start changing something, anything for the better. And with a little investment of time, some consistency and dedication those positve changes start paying some dividends. When folks start seeing results and start feeling better hopefully that is enough to keep them on track. I know it has been for me.
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Agreed. That's actually how I got started as well: reading Men's Health, and like you and LD, while it was entertaining and thought-provoking at first (simply because I hadn't thought about organized, goal-oriented training before), it ultimately became just another (albeit still important) stepping stone.
On the one hand, anyone reading this forum who NEEDS to be reading this forum is at least better than good ol' Bob. On the other hand, just as in my own development, fitness is a never-ending progression. Hitting a plateau every now and then is normal, but becoming complacent with where you are rather than continue to strive for improvement risks that proverbial rut, differing from a grave only in depth.
Rock on, James.