Love is all you need.

I LOVE Body for Wife and just have to quote that brilliant guy....

" let me ask a question: When has anything worthwhile in life been achieved without serious and sustained effort?... Love is all you need.
Perhaps you've made New Year's resolutions that have something to do with fitness. If so, it helps to remember that there are no quick fixes. There is no such thing as easy...
This year, fine-tune your male-bovine-droppings detector. You can't feel the love for a lie.
There's no need to be in a hurry to get fit. Love of exercise often takes time to develop. And like any good relationship, it must be nurtured if it's to grow. It also requires spending at least a little money, because those old "Magnum P.I." shorts from high school attract funny looks and chafe when you try to run in them.
Yes, money. Maybe you need a little more than love. (Sorry, John [Lennon].)
That cash needs to be spent wisely, especially in this economy...
I've spent thousands on Pearl Izumi, Lululemon, Nike and Reebok, and my ski equipment is worth more than my car. Like flowers, date nights and the occasional sparkly rock, this is money well spent. It keeps my relationship with exercise healthy... Search for your exercise soul mate. (Or three. In the fitness context, polyamory equals cross-training.)
The Internet can help you find love, and not just the eHarmony kind. It's a great way to get informed about diet and exercise — if one's cautious. We all need to learn how to separate the good information from the bad, just like life (hopefully) taught us to separate good relationships from bad ones...
Did you date a few/several/dozens of people before finding Mr. or Ms. Right? That's OK with exercise too. It's fine to keep searching for what works for you. Something may be a great calorie-burner, but if it doesn't fulfill your emotional needs or is just not available, then it makes sense to move on or at least relegate it to the B list of your rotation...it's hard to consistently stick to doing something long-term if you don't enjoy it.
There are a host of factors to consider: finding something that works and that is affordable, accessible and makes you feel good. But there are more options than you imagine — a world of physical activity is out there waiting to be discovered.
... it's also true that love can arise where you least expect it — if you want it to. I used to hate running, but after a number of failed efforts we finally found each other, in a "When Harry Met Sally" kind of way. (Gak.)I wanted to become a runner because I knew how practical, efficient and effective an exercise it is. So I tried. And I hated it, and I quit.
Then I tried again, and I hated it, and I quit.
Then I tried again, and I hated it, and I did not quit. And one day, I was running through a Canadian winter snowstorm and U2 was on my iPod telling me it's a beautiful day, and I thought: "It sure is."
2012 will tick away, second by second, no matter what we do. So it makes sense to approach this as a gradual, incremental progression toward awesome. The Venus de Milo wasn't carved in a day, and neither shall be the new you.
Fell is a certified strength and conditioning specialist in Calgary, Canada.
james@bodyforwife.com