Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Score!

I took a walk today. Score one for me!

So I have been reassessing my goal and trying to figure out what motivates me. I know I work very well with a reward system, which I find comical, but also makes most people think of dogs. Anyways, not many people know this but my boyfriend smokes (I know as a public health professional and a dental hygienist I should be disgusted), he has cut down in the recent year and has attempted to fully quit several times. He and I were on the phone the other night and I was complaining about my goal and how I don't have motivation. His solution was that we do it together, not the working out part but the changing part. He said that for everyday I worked out he wouldn't smoke. This was supposed to start Monday (yesterday) but I was actually really busy so I started today. I took a walk!! After my walk I promptly called him, asked him if he had smoked today and told him if he had he couldn't smoke tomorrow. He hadn't smoked today but now he has to refrain for the rest of the day and tomorrow we hike so that's another day of not smoking. I don't know how well this will work on his end but it has me motivated!

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