Celebration: Keeping Fit

I am now in my 5th week of exercising for at least 30 minutes 4 days a week. And I feel so great! It used to be struggle just to get myself to exercise consistently for 3 DAYS. I feel like my perception of myself has shifted a little. Now I'm the sort of person who can maintain an exercise routine rather than a person who only attempts and fails. I may not always be able to keep it up as regularly as I have been, but now I know it lies in my power to do it.

In Welsh instead of saying "exercise" they say cadw'n heinu (said, "CAH-doon HAY-nee), which means "keeping fit." So in Welsh I would have said, "I am now in my 5th week of keeping fit for at least 30 minutes 4 days a week..." I like this phrase because it directly states the goal whereas "exercise" is more about the process. When I think about exercise as keeping fit I feel just that little bit more motivated. Isn't it funny how simply using different words for the same thing changes how we feel about it?