Cricket is my favorite sport?

Some days I don’t want to move my body.  Fortunately, I have a dog who has no idea why I might feel that way and who makes my life a burden to me until I get my behind in gear and take her to walk.  I almost always feel better at the end.

This is an inadvertent example of making life patterns that support healthy choices.  I did not get a dog because I wanted to get out from under the nice warm covers in the dark and trek out into the world.  (It was actually about the cuddles.)  However, we can do this on purpose.  Maybe we decide that we don’t need a car after all and can get to work by a combination of public transit and walking.  Maybe we stop budgeting for eating out and we cook tasty, healthy, cheaper food at home.

The goal is to end up feeling like Treebeard, who says in one of the Lord of the Rings movies that when he walks south he always feels like he is going downhill.  Make the healthy choice the downhill one, the one that feels easier and better.