Life Doesn't End With 50!

Look what God has done in me... 

Wow, sitting here thinking about the past, and how far I have come in my relationship with God.  I'm so thankful He has given me the health and energy to keep going when I need to, to exercise, and have enough money to buy healthy foods for myself and my family.  I am so thankful for all the resources available, and the tools needed to get there.

I'm still trudging... moving ... stumbling forward.  I will not fall down, I will not stop and I will give my best each and every day.  BUT, there are some days, like today that my body says 'stop'.  Conditioning your body to win is just that... there will be days when you feel you need a break.  Breaks are necessary components to winning.  We keep going... and rest when we need to.  We can only physically do, what we can physically do.

The problem with stopping, is when we do, we beat ourselves up because of it.  We are over ladened with guilt, dread, and this guilt is what causes us to fail.  Remember this... we are just a vapor, mist... here for such a short while in the scheme of life.  We need to embrace each moment, and perceive each and every opportunity as a success, not failure.  If you can't physically get out and do what you need to do today, find something you can accomplish.  It may be organizing a file, drawer, room, cleaning, getting caught up on something you've put off.  You're still moving forward.

A sense of accomplishment doesn't always have to come through our diet, or exercise... it can be as simple as reading our Bible in the morning.  Preparing a well cooked meal.  Don't put all your accomplishments in ONE basket.  Meaning... concentrating all of your accomplishments around one thing (exercise and diet) can cause you to feel like a failure when left undone.  Truth is, you're NOT a failure... Do something to give yourself a sense of achievement... and when you're ready go back to your diet, exercise or fitness plan.  

Diet and exercise is a way of LIFE... not a form of abuse.  So don't beat yourself up, punish yourself when you didn't achieve what you thought you should for that day.  That would be putting all your eggs in one basket.  Fill that basket with a multitude of things, and spread the diet and the exercise about so you can easily come back to it.  Have a bunch of baskets, tasks and accomplishments... fill them and locate them about your home, life.

YOU ARE A WINNER... Keep running that race as if you're going to win.  It's a race of life... and just because you took a detour doesn't mean you're not a winner.  It just means you avoided an obstacle... but more importantly, you KEPT GOING!!!!!