Today was a great day at the gym, but I must admit it is very difficult NOT doing traditional cardio workouts. This bum knee is feeling better, but since it’s been a nagging injury for the past 6 months I must take care of it and stop rushing into intense knee bending exercises like lunges and squats.
I know that I’ve been working hard on my cross-training and resistant training, but now I need to work harder with less rest in between sets to allow myself to build endurance while staying off the treadmill in order for my knee can heal. The great news is my knee therapy exercises are working and I’m excited to see how my knee feels four weeks from now. The crazy thing, I originally injured my knee playing keep away from my kids on the play ground. I mean really! Couldn’t I have a more exciting story to tell? Like a ski accident, skateboard trick gone bad or even falling while saving a poor helpless kitten from a tree. NO, it had to be my old ass hurting myself while playing with my kids. NO BUENO!
I had a wonderful dinner made for me tonight by Shannon. Thank you for being such a wonderful cook and magnificent workout partner. And thank you for giving me my gut of love, if it wasn’t for your beautiful food I wouldn’t be writing this blog. Just kidding, you’re not responsible for my over-indulgence and lack of physical activity. I am.
Today I felt it was important and appropriate that I blog about personal responsibility. I have seen how not taking personal responsibility has caused nothing but negative results in my life and how It effects the lives of others that are close to me. What I do know is that taking personal responsibility is much harder then enforcing others to be responsible.
Accepting personal responsibility isn’t easy, for you shouldn't blame others for the choices you make. We all have a choice and we need to live with those choices by living up to them and letting go of the anger, fear, blame, mistrust and insecurity that cause us to make irresponsible choices. These issues are deep and different for everyone, so look into yourself and take a personal inventory of your life. This will be hard and enlightening all at the same time. Address these issues now so you can go on with your journey to better health, emotionally and physically.
Start a more active lifestyle; allowing you a way to build your self esteem. A higher self esteem has been proven to improve overall personal responsibility in oneself. Studies have shown that just twenty minutes actively outside each day can increase self-esteem, as well as improve your mood and immune system. Go outside and play, just be careful to stretch before playing on the play ground with your kidsJ
I’m fully aware of the lagging issues that cause people to cheat themselves and just let life happen. Well from my experience, letting life happen only brings bitterness and heartache. Letting life happen forces us to go into survival mode and not take personal responsibility, which ends up creating a power struggle in our lives that ends up not only hurting you but those around you.
Life isn’t unfair; it’s up to you to make the choices that will create your dreams and goals. You must believe to receive. I’m starting today by taking personal responsibility by putting on my big boy pants and claiming it’s time I air my personal progression pictures for everyone to see. I need to gather those pictures (fat pictures) and post them to remind myself of how unhealthy I have made myself by not take the personal responsibility of making my health a priority.
I know that I’ve been working hard on my cross-training and resistant training, but now I need to work harder with less rest in between sets to allow myself to build endurance while staying off the treadmill in order for my knee can heal. The great news is my knee therapy exercises are working and I’m excited to see how my knee feels four weeks from now. The crazy thing, I originally injured my knee playing keep away from my kids on the play ground. I mean really! Couldn’t I have a more exciting story to tell? Like a ski accident, skateboard trick gone bad or even falling while saving a poor helpless kitten from a tree. NO, it had to be my old ass hurting myself while playing with my kids. NO BUENO!
I had a wonderful dinner made for me tonight by Shannon. Thank you for being such a wonderful cook and magnificent workout partner. And thank you for giving me my gut of love, if it wasn’t for your beautiful food I wouldn’t be writing this blog. Just kidding, you’re not responsible for my over-indulgence and lack of physical activity. I am.
Today I felt it was important and appropriate that I blog about personal responsibility. I have seen how not taking personal responsibility has caused nothing but negative results in my life and how It effects the lives of others that are close to me. What I do know is that taking personal responsibility is much harder then enforcing others to be responsible.
Accepting personal responsibility isn’t easy, for you shouldn't blame others for the choices you make. We all have a choice and we need to live with those choices by living up to them and letting go of the anger, fear, blame, mistrust and insecurity that cause us to make irresponsible choices. These issues are deep and different for everyone, so look into yourself and take a personal inventory of your life. This will be hard and enlightening all at the same time. Address these issues now so you can go on with your journey to better health, emotionally and physically.
Start a more active lifestyle; allowing you a way to build your self esteem. A higher self esteem has been proven to improve overall personal responsibility in oneself. Studies have shown that just twenty minutes actively outside each day can increase self-esteem, as well as improve your mood and immune system. Go outside and play, just be careful to stretch before playing on the play ground with your kidsJ
I’m fully aware of the lagging issues that cause people to cheat themselves and just let life happen. Well from my experience, letting life happen only brings bitterness and heartache. Letting life happen forces us to go into survival mode and not take personal responsibility, which ends up creating a power struggle in our lives that ends up not only hurting you but those around you.
Life isn’t unfair; it’s up to you to make the choices that will create your dreams and goals. You must believe to receive. I’m starting today by taking personal responsibility by putting on my big boy pants and claiming it’s time I air my personal progression pictures for everyone to see. I need to gather those pictures (fat pictures) and post them to remind myself of how unhealthy I have made myself by not take the personal responsibility of making my health a priority.
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