This week is a week I like a lot!  I think we all tend to fool ourselves as to how much we do and how hard we do it.

The AHA is asking everyone to not only get moving this week, but to raise the intensity of that movement so it is challenging for you.  I know when I was younger, there was no such thing as intense workout and I couldn’t get enough.  Now that I am older, that’s changed a bit.  I love an intense workout—but I can get enough.  And I am smarter now and know when enough is enough.  But what I see in health clubs or neighborhoods are folks who move, but move at the same intensity day in and day out and then wonder why they are not changing. 

I cannot express this enough:  you do not lose weight because you move, you lose weight because you did something *different* than what your body was accustomed to and it had to work harder as a result of that. 

As long as you keep that in mind, you will be more likely to up the intensity on your own and watch your results soon follow!

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