Feb
25
2010
Just keep focusing on your breathing
you got this Chad… you can do this.
My feet are hurting.
God I am out of shape
Maybe I should stop for a second.
NO! This is part of it. It is hard….. I just need to keep pressing through.
I can go for 30 minutes.
It’s not going to kill me to keep going for 30 minutes straight… i am sitting down for crying out loud.
Perseverance. A word neglected by us fatty’s. I was talking to a friend of mine and he asked me how the gym was going. My response… “I hate cardio…….but I am trying to get over it.”
He responded, “Yeah, well anyone who say they like it is full of it.”
“Well that makes me feel better. So it’s not just a fatty thing.”
“Dude, It’s a human thing.”
It is part of the human condition to persevere…. I think we forget that our challenges have a breaking point and so we just quit too easily. We justify our quitting.
I was at my gym (Dekalb Medical Wellness Center) on the stair stepper and Continue reading
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Feb
24
2010
OK. Enough of this dieting only tactic. You know, a fatty tries hard to not exercise throughout his day…. much less go to an actual gym.
We find excuses to not exercise.
Too cold.
Too early.
Too busy.
Too much money for a membership.
I can’t afford it.
I’m not comfortable.
And then this apathy toward not staying active spills into our everyday life habits. Steve Candler spoke of a study in his book 17 Lies That Hold You Back & The Truth That Will Set You Free, a book I highly recommend,”
… there was a study done of people’s differences in energy when making a bed. The heavier the person, the more economy of movement he or she would exhibit in the making of the bed. They captured it on videotape. The heavy person would make the fewest and shortest movements around the bed, as if subconsciously trying not to exercise.
“The lighter person would Continue reading
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Feb
22
2010
So I am am up and it is 5:30 am. I apologize in advance if this blog comes out a little groggy. Why am I up at 5:30 am… because I am a fatty in need of reform. I used to get up early but haven’t had to for about 2 years or so.
I will be honest…. I will miss not sleeping in.
But, I will survive. Because our choices dictate where we end up in a lot of routine day-to-day life. So here I am at the butt crack of dawn with pouring rain outside my window trying to muster enough determination to roll out of bed and begin my day new and fresh and with purpose.
You know we all have Continue reading
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