"Desire is the starting point of all achievement,
not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating
desire which transcends everything."
--Napoleon Hill
not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating
desire which transcends everything."
--Napoleon Hill
After basically taking the summer off (not what I had planned) I finally went back to the gym this morning! The hardest part was getting out of bed at 6:18, but everything after that went well. I hadn't been to the gym since June 11th (that's worse than I thought) and feared I would have to lower my weights because of summer atrophy, but I'm happy to report that I did not have to do that. I was able to lift the same amounts as before (perhaps with more effort). I know I'll be sore tomorrow, why oh why did I let myself down like this?
I'm disappointed in myself for breaking my momentum and for taking all this time off. What did I gain from not going? Weight. Some sleep. Perhaps I took for granted how great I was feeling and thought it would last. Well it didn't. Yesterday I slept in and then read in bed for a couple hours (delicious) reading Sarah's Quilt (I finally finished), but by last night I felt headachey and just not good. I'm sure it's because of my wonky sleep schedule and poor eating.
So today I'm starting over again, and rather than continuing to dwell on the time I have lost (those first two paragraphs will be the extent of my dwelling) I am choosing to move forward with anticipation to feeling so good again. It's deeply satisfying to know that I can push through the pull of the cozy to do something for myself (and for my family as well).
There are always motivational quotes at the gym and there were several great ones today. Of course I couldn't write them down, but I remembered the name Napoleon Hill so I came home to try to find the quote I'd read from him. I didn't find the same one, but it turns out he has tons of great quotes (so I linked his name to those quotes). You might want to check them out.
Being up and going so early also meant I had more time to spend with the kids this morning and time to have our family scripture time and family prayer. It's a great way to start the day and I'm so thankful now that Randy has his own car so that he doesn't have to leave as early so that we can do this without discomfort. Blessings, blessings everywhere blessings!
Happy Birthday Elisa!!
**Do you have a hard time starting over
with big goals like I do?
Do you love quotes?
Are you an early riser?
What are you doing today?**
with big goals like I do?
Do you love quotes?
Are you an early riser?
What are you doing today?**
41 comments:
I took the summer off from my regular exercise schedule too. I'm looking forward to the routine of school starting so I can also get back in the saddle. Thanks for providing some motivation.
Exercise routine is one of my goals for the new school year. Which, I am NOT looking forward to the littles starting school next week! Hate the end of summer!
Good for you getting back into the swing of things.
Yes, I am an early riser - during th school year....
you just make me smile.. blessings to you too! love quotes. I have a hard time starting over, especially with exercise.. I wish it was just easy to keep doing forever.. you are a motivator yourself!
I think that is the best part of waking up early. I know I grumble when my alarm goes off, but just look at all you can accomplish before noon.
Good luck with the saddle and hurray Randy got a car. Did I know this? I think that's so great!
I am having time off my exercise routine right now. There just isn't room in the living room for me to do my aerobics until the basement is finished and we can move stuff down there. I know I am going to feel the pain when I get 'back in the saddle' too.
I am up early 5:30 am every morning except Sunday! I use to work out first thing in the morning. Thanks to the High School, I now find my self using my work out time to get my Son out the door. It has been 2 1/2 months since I have worked out and I am truely feeling it. I am ready to find a new time, start over. Each day is a new day.
I've taken the last month off, mostly due to a 16 day holiday, and the rest of it just from laziness. I'll get back at it when the kids get back to school, too.
good job going back to the gym. If I had to get up early to work out, I never would. I really need to get back in shape. I'm in a current state of disgust.
I love that first picture! This whole post is just something I needed to read today.
I love quotes, have a hard time starting over because it means admitting I failed, I am an early riser because I have to be, and today I am dealing with insurance and plumbers and more of the weekend trauma- probably cleaning all over agian. Hopefully getting somewhere though :)
I have a hrd time starting over with goals as well. Be easy on yourself!
I am an early riser but not by choice - because of kids. I am always amazed when I read that you sleep in. I must have missed that, training my kids to let me sleep late. Griffin is usually hollering that he wants some waffles or something before 6 a.m.
I am home right now preparing my 3 hour lecture for the class I teach Wednesday night and in a few minutes I'll be leaving for 2 meetings I have in New Orleans this afternoon.(After I check blogs, of course.) Hooray for your new car!!
I really needed this message today. I hate starting goals over- which is a big part of life. Your quotes are sooo great. I too have to get back to the gym after the summer. Every summer I think it'll be different but it's not. There is just too much going on. Time for myself is such a premium that the gym ~which should be my priority just wasn't. I hate getting up early. I wish I was a morning person, and with teens up at night it's hard to do both. Thanks for the inspiration!
You have good taste in quotes. I have been exercising more consistently over the summer and now my challenge is to continue. It was easier during the summer because I didn't have to start as early as I do now that school has started. So, just like you, I was willing myself out of bed at 6:18 this morning (it was more like 6:27 actually). The benefits are worth it.
First...thank you for my good mail! You have no idea how happy it made me to find a package in the mail, and my favorite of all treats no less! Thank you!
I am so proud of you for getting back to the gym. I am NOT an early riser, but I know that after this baby I am going to have to be, that is if I plan to fit in excersise! It is so hard to get up early...but so worth it and I always find that my days go better when I do! Good for you!!
Great outlook to move forward and not dwell on the excuses of the past.
I'm an early riser, due to an early riser child and hubs, but unfortunately I don't fit exercise into that early morning routine. Maybe I should start to rethink things?!?
I have to say, I am jealous that you can even go to the gym and work out. Lately I have been feeling the pull of wanting to exercise and feel so much better, but that's not an option for me right now. I do need to start over - again. Good for you!
You know I love quotes. (Who doesn't?) I am an early riser because I have to be, but if I could sleep until I woke up naturally it would be 7:30 or 8:00.
My favorite part of this post is: blessings, blessings, everywhere!! Amen to that.
I know it is worth it- getting up and going before the kids and fitting in the exercise. But I really love staying in bed!
I am glad you're seeing the blessings in your life. They really are everywhere.
I like you am back on a regular schedule as of today. It was hard to get up (5:45am), but it really did feel good and much better than feeling rushed. I love starting off the day right, however, I am feeling it now. It will take a few days to get use to this.
Your blog is so well crafted! Quotes, clever pictures, a little humor, with a moral at the end. It's like reading a good book! (By the way--did you like Sarah's Quilt? I don't know anything about it, but I'm always looking for a good book.)
I exercise at night, it calms down and gets me ready for bed. I know it has the opposite effect for most people, but it works for me! Hats off to you for setting goals! You're awesome! I know you'll follow through. (Since you have all of cyber space to report to now!)
Thank you for the birthday wishes!
I am right with you Jill...not looking backwards but am back on the healthy bandwagon again (after tonights dinner that is)
I started exercising today for the first time in a few months. I walked L to school(3 miles) and then did my arm weights video.
I have had a really hard time with this. Each week, it seems I am starting over. Hopefully, I'll get the hang of it soon.
Good for you for getting on that horse!
P.S. I tagged you for the "crown award" on my blog.
OF COURSE I love quotes!!
Here's one for ya-
"I've exercised with women so thin that buzzards followed them to their cars" heehee ciao
I have a really hard time motivating myself to start or restart big goals.
I started going to the gym again regular for the last couple of weeks and for me it does wonders for how I feel about myself and just makes my life so much happier.
Jill thanks so much for your example in so many things, especially your attitude!
*Do you have a hard time starting over
with big goals like I do? NEVER! i think of the Just Do It phrase..just get up and change even if its again and again..
Do you love quotes? ya
Are you an early riser? NO! im more of a stayer upper (at nite!)HA
What are you doing today?* EVERYTHING! did you see my schedule!??! hahaha
I'm with you, lady! Trying to get back in the gym more often, went tonight and suffered through a Total Body Workout. They ran out of the lightweight body bars and I might be a hunchback for life. I am trying to get my sleep schedule back on track too, this month's Blueprint magazine (the Martha Stewart mag for women in their 20s and 30s) had this whole thing on living healthier and although most of the sections were REALLY OBVIOUS, I was like- WHAT A GREAT IDEA! haha Maybe we can do it together. (6:18 is way early, I agree)
I dread waking up extra early on the days I need to get my exercise in before Greg leaves for work because, of appointments, etc. Once i do drag myself up I feel great that I'm at the gym and done working out by 630 and have the rest of the day for other things.
Good luck with getting back to your routine,
School starts for us next week, so I am spending this week hammering my lazy night owl self back into a happy (okay semi-happy) early riser. And I've got to figure out a way to incorporate some exercise time. Too many excuses for too long. So, I loved your quote and your non-dwelling.
Good for you for being back in the saddle, I am too. We were sick this weekend and just missing a few days of eating good and exercising is so demoralizing to me.
I am NOT an early riser, but I do love quotes!
I despise the mornings, but secretly wish that I could be an early riser. I enjoy staying up late, because that's when my free time is! It sounds like you are really excited about your goals! Good Luck! I know what you mean about restarting goals, it's hard, and there's always the regrets. Thanks for sharing this with us!
Hooray! Good thing you started...that is such a big step and glad to hear you are happy about it. What am I doing today! I am having dinner with you and some shopping that has been wonderful! I am seriously going to miss you a ton! What in the world...You are just one of a kind and so special. I am going to miss you dearly. However, I am excited to use all of my supplies I got, in some good mail for you! So that is the only thing that makes me happy at the moment. I love love quotes have since I was a little girl and morning riser...I don't think I have a problem there...although some mornings are harder than others and big goals...yeah sometimes I am the biggest interference in not following them.
I have gotten off my work out schedule and hate it! That's one great thing about school starting back to a schedule.
I was never an early riser until this last year when my sister & I started working out @ 5 in the morning!
I love quotes too & love collecting them.
I haven't been to the gym since being sick with this pregnancy. I have really started to feel better and I plan on at least walking on the treadmill a few times a week since I'll only have Dane with me. Good job on getting back into it and wanting to get back into it (the hardest part).
I'm not an early riser. I love quotes. And today was busy. I hope tomorrow is chill!
Congrats on going back to the gym. That is great. I know that I feel so much better when I get up early (at 5:30) and go. The whole day goes better, feels better, I feel good about myself, love the endorphins, etc. I never miss the sleep- that's what Saturdays are for!
There is a quote at my gym, "Motivation is what gets you started, habit is what keeps you going." I love it. It's huge on the wall and sometimes I glance over at it when I am sweating and I give myself a little pat on the back. Think of that one when you are looking at the alarm clock and deciding whether or not to get out of bed.
I've totally slacked as well. I keep telling myself that as soon as it cools down I'll start exercising again.
Jill! This was the perfect post for me to read today. I have been very frustrated with my running lately - every since I broke my foot, it's been hard to be able to run the same distances that I used to. Anyway, like you, I am getting myself "back in the saddle again"!
That Napolean Hill quote is one of my new favorites and it's going immediately in my quote book. I've already memorized it so I can repeat it to myself as I run! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE quotes.
I'm proud of you, Jill! Way to take charge of your life. Change is hard, but look at you, you are already off on your way and still able to lift the same amount of weight. That had to be encouraging! Good luck!
Jill, I admire your perspective so much and expecially for not dwelling, but DOING. Good for you!!
I'm not an exerciser for the last 10 years and it shows, I have a really hard time dedicating myself to doing something when I don't see immediate results.
I enjoy most quotes but have a hard time remembering them and yes lately I have been an early riser, thanks to the new calling, my inability to sleep has increased!
Good luck with your goals, just remember one foot in front of the other.
good for you. Hoping it rubs off on me. I've slacked BIG time this summer. and unfortunately it shows! :OP
oh summer threw me (as I think I have announced to any and all) but I did stick with my running, minus a few bad weeks. Not bad over all but I am thrilled that you found it easier to get back and that you are at the same level you were. Great news!!
I want to become an early riser and I am determined to do so. I know it will be better for all of us if I can just do it!! :)
SO good to be back blogging. Thanks for checking in through the summer... :)
don't get down too down on yourself...you're going back, right? i still consider myself a runner even though i haven't run seriously since i was 4 months pregnant with christian! i think this is a life long thing. i struggle with it so much. my big thing right now is just being an earlier riser (what? you say as you see this comment is posted at 11:44 p.m. oh dear!). i can't believe what a difference it makes for my entire family when i just get going earlier. do you think that gets me out of bed earlier each morning. well, let's put it this way, i'm still working on it.
hooray for blessings, blessings all around!
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