Motivation is what gets you started.  Habit is what keeps you going.  ~Jim Ryun

Why do most people (including me) fail at a healthy eating plan after the first week or so?  Because motivation is waning and habit hasn’t kicked in yet.  I’ve read studies that said it takes three weeks of an uninterrupted pattern to establish a habit.  After three weeks your new eating style and exercise regime will become a habit and increasingly easier to stick with.

So hang on!  Just a couple of weeks and you will get there!

Eating to live and living for Christ,
Susan Jordan Brown

 

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