A whole new you.

I am married. I state that up front so you will understand what I am going to say next. As a married man I try and give my wife what she whats (yes that is what all husbands do - right?). So this year when I asked her what she wanted for Christmas she stated that she wanted to not only continue to go to a personal trainer (she has lost a lot of weight and looks wonderful) but that she now wants me to start going with her as well.

You can imaging my horror at hearing that she wanted me to get up at 5am in the morning and spend the first 1-2 hours of the day working out in a gym. So now the rubber hits the road. How do I try and give her what she wants and still avoid working out.

Well after much thought and encouragement from friends and family I decided to agree to a personal trainer. So we are starting another adventure. This will be the year of ME 2.0. I hope to lose a lot of weight, improve my back so that it will stop hurting and in general make life better.

There are several factors that have help me make this decision however the two at the top of the list are when your wife, who you love very much, asks that you get healthier so you will be around a while you kind of have to change your ways and second is when you hold your grandchild in your arms you think that you want to be around for more of this.

So we have already been twice and I have lost 1.5 pounds, so the race begins. I am not looking at this as a New Years Resolution, as they seem to be too easier to drop, this has got to be a major change in my life to have any long lasting affect. So wish me well.

It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.  
W. Edwards Deming

You Find What You Are Looking For

Wow, I heard this the other day and it has been running around inside my head every since. What a wonderful world this would be if everything you looked for you found. No more lost keys, pens, socks (you know that one that seems to disappear in the dryer), true love.... That would be wonderful. However that is not what it means. It means whatever you look for in your life, you will notice it above the other things.

If all you look for is the bad things in life such as "my car always seems to break down when I need it most" then guess what? It will appear that you are correct because your brain will register that once again you were right.

Well, if this is true that you find what you are looking for, maybe I need to change what I am looking for.  I know I left a bag of corn chips around here somewhere.....ok maybe I am taking this to simply. I need to decide to look for positive things to happen in my life, then my brain will be conditions to start to notice when positive things happen. "I seem to find good deals while shopping Christmas" - I know I need to think bigger but I have to start someone.

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible
Winston Churchill

Why is it hard to commit?

Why is it that we make a decision to do something, we have every intention of doing it, we think about doing it, we plan to do it....but in the end we somehow don't get it done. Well that is what this blog has been for me. I want to do it, I think about what I should write, but I don't get it done.

Well, let's see if we can change that. I am going to try and write something at least once a week and see how it goes. That is only 52 posts, I should be able to find the time to write that many. Goodness knows I have that much stuff floating around inside my head. I hope the good stuff finds it way to this blog.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. 
Henry Bergson