Did Your New Year’s Fitness Resolution Destroy Your Relationship?
For most, a New Year’s fitness resolution comes and goes in a blaze of glory. Those old habits of lack of exercise and fat-filled foods are once again part of their lifestyle as if they had never left. Unfortunately, something else that might have left in a similar fashion to what was supposed to be a healthier new year is their spouse or significant other. And it has nothing to do with infidelity.
First, let’s have a little chat about a fitness resolution
If any of you know me or have listened to our Central Bodybuilding Radio shows, you know my feelings on things like having a fitness resolution. Anything that you want to start on January 1, could have been started the day you thought you needed to make a change. There’s nothing special about January 1. All it does is create complacency until that date arrives as people just push things off and say “I’ll start it next year.” Next year comes and goes and there was nothing accomplished. New Year’s resolutions are a cop-out and an excuse why you refuse to do something. So, stop waiting until January 1 in order to make a healthy or positive change in your life, relationship, or career. You control your life, not a date on a calendar.
What starts out as a healthy relationship…
You and your spouse/significant other are perfect together. You decided for the new year that you wanted to take your health and fitness and make it a priority. You’re committed to taking those unhealthy habits and replacing them with healthy ones. No more late night ice cream binges or hitting the snooze a few times each morning. Those poor habits were replaced with heading to bed early to get a good night’s rest and waking up early to fit in your daily workout.
The both of you are making great progress and losing weight. You’re on your way to reaching your goals. Then all of a sudden one of you hits a plateau while the other keeps progressing. Resentment creeps in. One of you is now enraged that their progress has come to a screeching halt. Your partner is egging you on about how much they are still losing—rubbing it in your face. You begin to hate them for how they are making you feel. Things have seemed to have gotten personal.
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