Scattered Thoughts

UGH! Have I mentioned before that I don’t like to exercise? Okay, it isn’t the exercise I mind so much, it’s the sweating… no, it’s the exercise… and the sweating.

But I find that it’s something that MUST be done no matter how much I resist it. Okay, I don’t HAVE to do it, but I know that I SHOULD do it.

UGH! I dislike the word should so much.

But I know that exercising is good for me. So why do I resist it?

First, it makes me sweat. I don’t like to sweat. When I cool down after a good sweat I get cold. I don’t like to be cold. So I don’t want to exercise because it makes me cold. Hmmmm…

Second, it takes time. I don’t like to spend time on things I don’t enjoy. But then again, I don’t like to fold laundry or do dishes but I don’t put those things off for months at a time. Hmmmm…

Third… hmmmm… I can’t think of a third reason. I’m sure there is one, but it probably doesn’t matter.

My point is… sometimes I need to just get on the dag-gone treadmill without over thinking or over feeling the reasons why I don’t want to do it.

Typically I do my walking soon after rolling out of bed. This way I’m still half asleep for most of the experience.

But today I needed to call a friend before I did anything else. I tend to forget to make phone calls. In fact, I would say that I enjoy making phone calls even less than I enjoy exercising. (For some reason, making phone calls makes me sweat, too!)

Anyway… I was having a pleasant chat with a good friend. I was helping him avoid work and he was helping me avoid the treadmill. But all good things must come to an end. We hung up and I headed for the treadmill (presumably he got back to work).

UGH! I turned the treadmill on, started walking at a leisurely pace, and then cranked up both the incline and speed.

Thirty minutes later my torture was over. I was sweaty (and getting cold), I’d used 30 precious minutes in my day. But I felt good. I had done something that would help me reach my health and fitness goals.

I won’t say that getting on the treadmill today didn’t suck. It did. I would have preferred to have sat at my computer playing Freecell solitaire. But sitting on my butt isn’t going to help me tone my legs, tighten my abs, or lift my buns.

What goals do you have that will require you to get off your butt-ocks (as Forest Gump might say) and do something? What excuses are you making to avoid taking those actions?

Whether your goals are related to fitness, career, relationships, spirtuality, finances, etc. you have a choice to make… you can get on the treadmill and make things happen or you can sit back and let your dreams go soft and flabby.

When I look at my excuses for not wanting to exercise I see how lame they really are. Take a look at the excuses you make for not doing what needs to be done to achieve the results you want. Are they valid or do they leave you feeling cold?

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