tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post7653163949518959838..comments2024-03-19T09:10:47.280-07:00Comments on Reasonably Well: NYT Well: Rethinking Exercise as a Source of Immediate RewardsJulia Oleinikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04857783768340014545noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-70600992901107434502015-07-21T11:32:57.022-07:002015-07-21T11:32:57.022-07:00I agree! I usually feel better after exercise, and...I agree! I usually feel better after exercise, and it helps me destress right away. I feel that way about food, too. Gluten makes me suffer in short order, so I avoid it. Sugar, on the other hand... ;)Nicolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-690850457652849477.post-59407156594535989932015-07-21T07:29:10.638-07:002015-07-21T07:29:10.638-07:00I am terrible at this, because I've never gott...I am terrible at this, because I've never gotten the "rush" some people do from exercise. I just feel sweaty and tired and icky afterward. And I am lucky (and unlucky) in that I don't have pains that respond immediately to exercise.<br /><br />However...I now have an app on my phone tied to my employer's health plan, which lets me earn "credits" for various good choices (including steps and time exercising, logged through my phone). Those "credits" can be used to enter raffles for free prizes. Of course the odds are terrible, but still, it feels like a chance at getting something I want, so it works. I also join challenges on MapMyFitness, when they have prizes that motivate me sufficiently. And if nothing's up on MMF, there's always The Walk (with its storyline). And currently work is doing a Thrive Across America challenge, and I don't want to let my team down.<br /><br />In other words, absent immediately-obvious rewards, I just found ways to set up external rewards. I'm not walking to improve my health (okay, I am), or because it makes me feel great (because let's be frank, it doesn't)...I'm doing it because I am hoping to win an iPad, or hear the next part of the story, or not let down my teammates. :P<br /><br />Just throwing this out in case this is helpful for any of your readers! Yes, two of the programs are part of my health insurance, but MapMyFitness and The Walk aren't, and there are others out there like them. (As an aside, I almost missed the 'credits' portion of my health plan, except the health survey that leads you into it gets you a discount on your premiums, in our case. THAT made me pay attention. If anyone is wondering if they have it, it's werally.com and would probably be mentioned at your health insurance site or somewhere on your benefits site - in my case, direct on my health insurance site, not on the benefits site at all. Confusing!)Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10848100494696850303noreply@blogger.com