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	Physical Fitness: Start With Your Brain

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10-23-2007 2:23 AM

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10-23-2007 6:24 AM

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It's not as easy to keep up exercise, or a diet, if it's seen to be an obligation, or a commitment. I like the idea of seeing it as a change in lifestyle, or habits. Like the way short distances that could have been driven, could be walked. At first it may seem like exercise, but after a while it has become natural.

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