Today's walk was amazing! Ok, so maybe not the actual
walk but my attitude :) And I'm so glad that I started my day out this way because it gave me the right attitude for dealing with what followed....being
literally run of the road on the way to work, one very cranky co-worker, electronic malfunctions.... but all that's a whole other story!
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I woke up twice in the night ready to go. Silly me though - it was only 2:30 & 4:30! :) But at 5 I was up and ready to go. (I'll still admit to having that tiny struggle getting from prone to standing!) It was barely light when I started out and a very cold wind was blowing. It's a weird feeling having the wind bite your face while you're sweating!
Here's my mini hike!! Haha! Not really, just a small detour from the paved path. I finally took it this morning. There's bench at the top to sit and watch the golfers but I just kept on moving. Plus there weren't any golfers out quite that early! :)
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I'm glad no one was close enough to see my face this morning. As I was pushing up the hills I was just visualizing the day I'll be running up those hills and I'm sure I had quite the goofy smile on my face! I've never worked so hard for anything before. I'd given up long before this. That's why it's so so important to set specific goals and lay out the steps that will help you reach them! If I didn't have this goal of running I certainly wouldn't have any motivation to get out of bed. Yes I want to lose weight. Yes I want to be healthy. But those are so vague and they don't give you any direction! I know that one day I will run ~ but
ONLY IF I'm willing to go through these different steps that I've laid out for myself. That's what gets me out of bed!
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Someone posted the following on a friend's wall on Facebook:
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"People always ask me what I did to get back into shape but once they hear what's
required they come up with a ton of reasons why they can't do it. Still at the
same time they say they want to be fit or healthy. I guess they want it like I
want a pony. Sure it be fun to have but there is all that feeding, brushing,
cleaning up after it. Who has the time! Not to mention the expense! I guess at the
end of the day I really don't want a pony …"
That's what it used to be like for me. I'd say I wanted it but obviously not really since I didn't do what was required to have it. Now I'm working for it! Some days are harder than others and I think it'd just be easier to stay in bed. Then I think about how bad I want to run and that it's not going to come easy -
but it will come if I do the work!