Know Your Daypart

In the advertising world, we have something called a daypart. The industry segments a day into different parts in which a company can buy advertising: rush hour, day time soaps, prime time, etc.

Dayparts is a concept that you can apply to your own life. Which daypart do you perform your best? Which time of day will you be most likely to consistently work out in?

For me, it's definitely morning. Years of experience have proven to me that if I wait to work out until after work or later in the day, odds are 10:1 that I'll never do it. My life becomes busy. I invent 20 things that must be done before the end of the day. And poof! Before I know it, I have no time left to work out.

So, when the alarm goes off 45 minutes earlier on workout days, I tell myself that I have to get up if I have any hope of working out that day. No excuses. Just do it.

Know Your Daypart

Welcome to My Blog

script>This blog is not about calorie counting. It's not about dieting or about avoiding foods you really love. It's about making choices, practicing positive self-talk, and becoming the person you know you want to be.

- Eat more fruits and vegetables
- Eat less sugar
- Eat less processed food
- Exercise regularly

At times, we do such a great job following these rules. We lose weight. We have a lilt in our step. We look and feel better than we've felt in a long time.

Then something little happens. You oversleep for work one morning. You catch a nasty cold. You're working against the clock to try to finish a project. You make just one poor decision. A skipped work-out. A candy bar. A burger from a drive-through as you hustle to the next place you're going. Before you know it, that one bad behavior cascades into more and more bad behaviors. And then...you've totally lost your way.

Why is it so blasted easy to lose your way? Why is it so incredibly difficult to climb back on the horse and start riding again?

This is a question that I have recently begun to try to understand. I have a theory about losing weight and living a healthy lifestyle. My theory is that we have to change the way we think - truly change the way we think - so that the behavior becomes second-nature.

So, I have decided to author this blog as a bit of a social experiment. The goal is to use this forum to share ideas and thoughts about what's working ... and not working in my goal to become healthier.

Please join me in my journey...