Attitude helps us manage temptation

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(photo: This website’s early header… a photo taken from a phone… dream big, get there, and most importantly, stay there)

Attitude helps us manage temptation.

Attitude can also change on a dime when the pressures to stay fit tempt us to cut something out of our schedule.

And exercise seems to be the first thing we can stop when our lives are overloaded with time commitments.

Not exercising when we know it to be a non-negotiable, feels like lying.

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And this strengthens all our good excuses to stop

Masters Track & Field Championships 2015

 

(photo: Nice to have something to be able to drive to. Jacksonville is three hours away.)

We should always have a compelling goal in front of us. One that makes our efforts to do things, when we’d rather not, strong enough to exercise anyway.

There are obviously going to be unforeseen set backs. These are often stimulating enough to motivate us to keep going.

Too many curveballs though and it gets old.

And this strengthens all our good excuses to stop.

There is something about making progress and having fun with chasing a goal that is inspiring.

Hoping for that to reappear.

Soon.

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If only we had spent more time avoiding exercise

Orlando sunrise

 

(photo: It’s still dark out, so this photo from three days ago is this morning’s inspiration to ‘just do it’)

We may not think we are dedicating our lives to avoiding exercise, but that’s exactly the end result for many.

Yee haw! Two purposeful days of active rest. No travel. Orlando-stay-at-home lucky.

Expecting a decent run this morning.

Hoping something similar for you.

Always.

A lifetime of it.

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What if it feels like we will never make progress again?

Orange County Convention Center
Everyday is a bright sunny day, if we live with constant gratitude

 

When it seems there hasn’t been any progress for a long time and maybe there never will be any progress again – what do we do next?

Well, when we work diligently and with great patience and effort we eventually do make progress.

How can we not?

It (almost always) never happens in the time frame we wish for.

Haven’t seen this morning’s weight on the scale in over two years.

Never thought it would take this long to get back.

The long way is the short cut.

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A long list of excuses is easy

Google maps on iPhone
The return route was different and added 14 more miles

 

Obstacles. Road blocks. Walls. Injuries. Pain. Temptation. Impatience. Frustration.

And this is just the tip of the iceberg on the long list of excuses to quit.

Foot challenges.

A decade and then some.

Invisible to 99.99%.

Foot pain was too intense to run.

Rode bike 25 miles instead.

To Church and back.

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