RULE 27
Think yourself exercised
Suppose you’re part of a group of friends and family who hate anything that looks like exercise. Plenty of them are a healthy weight with enough energy, but they never put on a tracksuit or go to a gym or an exercise class. You feel differently though, because you love running. So you run for about an hour a day. Consequently you feel your exercise levels are really good and you’re positive about your fitness.
Now suppose you take a job elsewhere, and make new friends and spend time with new colleagues. You continue to spend an hour a day running, of course, because you enjoy that. It turns out, however, that your new friends and colleagues all run too – which is great – but most of them also go to fitness classes ...
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