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Man, ever have one of those days or weeks where the overwhelming feeling we often get is, well, actually more overwhelming than usual?

What do you do to compensate?

Something has to give, right, in order to get by?

Diet and exercise are almost always the first to go.

Then throw in travel (or some other time consuming activity) for the added challenge of rocking your health routine and processes.

Will you cave in to temptation?  Do you cave in to temptation?

I will not. I can not. Too much is at stake. Too much has been invested.

Figure it out.

Because guess what happens if you don’t figure it out?   (And you only get one guess)

Exactly.

Failure is not an option.

“Be not afraid of going slow, be only afraid of standing still.” — Chinese Proverb

Find a million ways to stay motivated.

Do not give up.

Too many people need people like you to show great health can be had at any age.

All it takes for healthy people to become unhealthy is about ten days. These ten days then lead to a choice.

Keep going.  Or, turn around.

Health.  It’s undeniably our personal responsibility.

We can go on a roller coaster ride of getting out of shape and then getting back in shape, but this gets old.

The common sense approach is to develop, over time, good health habits. The basics: adequate exercise, proper nutrition, ample rest.

We can never tire of the basics.  Ever.

Yo, you are not alone.  We all struggle with our health.  With diet, exercise, rest. Who’s got time for these?

Life is simply too challenging, too difficult, too demanding.

So today, what will help me might help you:

“Character is the ability to carry out a worthy decision after the emotion of making that decision has passed.” — Hyrum Smith

Are you willing to accept anything less than your best effort to never give up?

Quitting is what makes for stale resolutions. You are better than that. You can not quit.  You will not quit.  Quitting is for amateurs.

Giving up is not an option. Not with our mental health, not with our physical health, not with our spiritual health and not with our financial health.

It’s been too long since I’ve exercised. Seriously, it’s at the point where all those years of hard work are quickly starting to fade – this can be very demotivating.

And very dangerous.  Running or strength training becomes trickier when you’re an older “health-conscious adult”.

So, once again, the proverbial fork in the road.  What do you do?  How do you stay motivated?  What creative things do you do to not surrender?