Be A Role Model, That's How!
It would seem that weight loss is impossible.
I guess that’s why so many people give up trying to maintain a healthy weight.
The benefits to maintaining a healthy weight are staggering.
Yet we usually give up.
DON’T!
Maybe we should pray for a reason not to.
Is It On Your Mind Daily?
“When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object.” — Milan Kundera
Do you struggle with staying committed to exercising regularly and developing good, solid eating habits?
I think one of the main reasons people (fail) struggle, is because they are not leading their efforts with their heart.
Here are 3 health tips to get better at focus and discipline:
These are the 3 health tips for getting better. But no tips for success will work, if you don’t.
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If you looked back exactly one year ago, do you remember what you where doing and why?
Lane 8 archive from exactly one year ago today, while in Lahti, Finland representing the United States at the 2009 Masters World Championships:
Do your best. How can anyone complain if they’ve done their best?
While it is quite tempting to want to be the best, for many, simply doing your best is gold-medal worthy.
What could be a sad thing for many dreams, is that people sell themselves short because they think winning a medal is the only measure of greatness.
Twice yesterday, I witnessed two athletes finish dreadfully last in their preliminary heats. They received more applause than the winners.
Why?
You tell me.
Perhaps, because deep down inside of each of us, is a desire to try as hard as that person, but we don’t have the courage to risk that kind of “embarrassment”.
When people aren’t concerned about what others think, they can do extraordinary things.
For an adult who’s never been able to read, and they work desperately hard to try to – then one day they are able to read a kindergarten book.
Gold medal.
Ya with me? Please don’t sell yourself short. Do your best, no matter what others think. This is what I tell myself everyday.
Carpe diem, jeff noel 
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Surreal
This post has been copied from the Lane 8 archives and reposted here today:
Race day at Lane 8 – August 4, 2009.
Men’s 400 meters, 50-54 age group. Call time 2PM. Heat time 3PM.
By the time my preliminary heat is over (8AM EST), most of you back in the United States will just be waking up.
I visualize myself running and feeling God’s pleasure. Running effortlessly, not to compete, but running simply because I can.
I don’t know why I run sometimes, all I know is that I enjoy it, and cannot help myself.
There is a popular misconception that winning is everything.
May I antagonistically challenge that?
Winning isn’t everything, doing your best is everything.
Don’t sell yourself short. Be as great as you can be. Even if you finish last. Even if you are not a runner.
Carpe diem, jeff noel :)
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Is That A Number 3 Meal?
One of the things you learn if you travel, is the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Everything is different.
And everything is the same.
Look Closely
Of course, there’s an exception to every rule.
Ski Jumping Is Serious Business
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A year ago today, August 1, 2009, I was passing through Paris on the way to Helsinki. Here’s a 30-second look back in time, as I make good on a childhood dream and a promise:
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Have You Not Read About This?
You know what blows my mind?
The fact that you know you should exercise and eat better, but don’t.
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Slowest Runner Gets Lane 8
The 2010 US Master’s Track & Field National Championships concluded yesterday. Wish I could have been healthy enough to compete.
During the Championships, many of the world’s best athletes ages 30-96 demonstrated speed, power, skill and endurance, showing that age is no barrier to lifetime fitness and competition. The Spanos Sports Complex was the site of the 2000 and 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials – Track & Field, and will play host to the 2011 World Masters Athletics Championships, July 6-17.
World Championships in 2011? Are you kidding me?
No.
At 51, it’s still my vision to make it to Lane 8, the worst lane in track & field.
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Impossible Is Nothing
Here’s a quote, lifted from my Facebook updates:
“You go girl. I am doing the same thing with my bosses wife. We go at lunch time almost everyday. It is amazing what a walk a day can do for you.”
It’s amazing what walking can do, if you do it.
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Each Day Is A Test Of Our Will
Do you struggle to stay focused?
Assuming you do, like me, then how does this lack of focus affect you?
Want to know a profound secret?
Create a ridiculously simple mantra that crystalizes your goal, your desire, your reward.
Here are two of mine. The first for overcoming addiction. The second for remaining motivated to exercise.
1. Every day or not at all. There is no middle ground. None. Period. End of story.
2. Stay healthy, have fun. Being injured makes staying healthy and having fun nearly impossible.