Making a Change

I signed Jon and I up for a free 2-week pass at a gym close to home. I was so excited to go, especially with Jon. Going with someone is much easier and more enjoyable than alone, and even more so when it's with the best looking man there is. Anyway, we ended up leaving the gym last night with memberships. We both feel quite out of shape and when we left, we felt so good. It was fun. Jon is excited about the whole thing. We talked about our goals. Jon is trying to tone up and is looking forward to seeing a difference come Thanksgiving time, so we took before/after pictures. haha I know it's going to take me much longer than a few months to achieve my own goals, but I am glad that we're at least working towards them together. I'm glad that Jon is so excited about exercising and living healthier. Hopefully it keeps up.
I was thinking it's interesting how hard it can be sometimes for us to get ourselves in the habit of exercising and eating healthy. Each time I do exercise I feel great immediatley! When it makes us feel so good, happier, and healthier why don't we want to continually do it all the time? I just wish it was as easy to get addicted to living a healthier life with exercise and good nutrition as it is to get into the bad habit of sitting around and eating junk food.
But you know, it's not only with being healthy. Most bad habits are easier to get into than the good. Just like the gospel. We all have our struggles; whether it be reading the scriptures regularly, praying daily with sincerity, serving in the temple, or even having forgiveness for others. All of these things make us so happy! And not for a short time either, but forever. So why don't we passionately throw ourselves into these good habits? We KNOW they result in happiness but we don't always let ourselves enjoy it. We are a silly type of people aren't we? But, one step at a time we can get into great habits and achieve our goals.