21 days

It takes 21 days to make or break a habit. Think about that for a minute. This could be going to the gym, quitting smoking, eating breakfast, quitting drinking, or whatever else you can think of.

When I quit smoking, it was cold turkey. (why is that so appropriate this time of year? I wish I had some cold turkey to make a sandwich)Back to the quitting smoking, the physical cravings are supposed to be gone in 5 to 10 days, but the mental ones are done at 21. Not that the feeling of something missing isn't there occasionally, but the mental 'habit' is gone.

What would you like to start or stop? For me, it's getting up early to go to the gym. Today was day 1 of that. I got on the scale the other day, and I weighed 202. Not good. When I was training to run the marathon (October 2007) I weighed in at 175. That was a lot of miles, but I have sworn to keep it under 200 ever since I was at around 220. Time to get it done. video version