Well, it's been a while since I've put anything up here. Since my wife has started a new job things have been, well, pretty darn crazy around here! Unfortunately that means rushing around at warp speed through most of the day and then crashing and burning at bedtime. But, it's my Friday today and Valentines Day. So I have some thoughts.
First of all let me catch everyone up a little. The mild frostbite is healing up nicely. Fortunately, it looked and felt much worse than it really was last Saturday. Lots of laughs about it at work! I'm thinking about mass marketing a wool jock strap. There could be a market for that...somewhere. It's given me a new appreciation for winter athletes. Mark my words, it will never happen again to me. I learned my lesson!
Had some nice runs this week. But they were mostly inside on the treadmill. I wanted to give the frostbite a chance to heal and the weather's been downright nasty with rain, snow and high winds. I did manage to make it outside today before the rain hit.
I've been feeling fairly beat up lately. Two weeks ago I increased some of the weight amounts for my cross-training exercises and it's kicking my ass. Funny how a five pound difference can affect your whole week. Regardless, I'm still plugging along. Hopefully I'll adjust soon. Only to increase it again! Someone once told me that being fit means that at least one body part is always going to be sore. I must be pretty fit because more than one part always seems to be sore!
Hope everybody had a good Valentines Day. I'm not a big fan of this holiday. It was created by the greeting card company. Worthless excuse to spend money to show the people you care about in your life that you love them. You should already be doing that everyday. But when you have a seven year old, it's all about the holidays. So we went out to dinner, exchanged gifts, cards and someone's going to be cranky as hell for getting bed to late on a school night!
As I sat there during dinner I looked around the room I thought about something. All these wonderful couples were there professing their love for one another through cards, flowers, gifts and wonderful tasting food. But how many of those couples took time out of their day to take care of themselves as individuals? Judging by mostly everyone's waistlines I bet not. Why?
Most people live busy lives. You've got to get to work, you've got to get the kids to school or practice, you've got to walk the dog, fix the house, make dinner...the list goes on. Like I said, my life has gotten a lot busier in the last month. All those responsibilities leave you with very little free time. But my friends, you need to make time to do some form of exercise.
You don't have to be a fitness snob and rock out at the gym for two hours. It could be taking the stairs instead of the elevator at work, walking the dog an extra block or simply just parking further away from the grocery store entrance. Find time. Every little bit counts. Even eating right plays a huge role in this!
I bet if you asked each one of those couples I saw tonight what the most important thing in their relationships were, that they would answer each other. Life is about the experiences. You can't have those experiences and create wonderful memories if you're too obese to get off your couch, can't play with your kids outside because you're short of breath or too tired at bedtime to work on making your family bigger by one.
Start small and build your way up to longer time frames. Find something that you enjoy and enjoy the hell out of it. Be selfish and make that time for yourself to do some things to improve your well being. You'll improve your health, your mental state and your loved ones will appreciate you being around to enjoy those special moments. Some days it'll be easy to fit that stuff in. But there'll also be days when it's a challenge. That's when you have to ask yourself, do you want to exist or do you want to live. I want to live my friends! Run for your lives...
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