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This coming Wednesday, I go to join the YMCA here in Kernersville. The Y is about three miles from where I live, so eventually I hope to be able to run there, work out with weights and machines, then run home. I admit to a bit of reluctance to begin this particular "journey" because I know from experience that it's going to hurt for awhile and take a considerable amount of the self-discipline I have not exercised in quite awhile. I have to keep repeating to myself that it's going to be good for me. It will build me back up so that I can live longer, and so that I will have more strength to fight cancer should it reappear. It will also enable me to quit smoking, something I learned the first time I quit. But this reluctance to begin is still there.

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step, enjoy it, you'll stumble on the second. (the full text of the chinese proverb)

Good luck! I hope you reach all of your goals. You didn't say anything about diet, so I did want to mention that healthy food is the best thing you can do for your body as a supplement to exercising.

Just repeat this to yourself when you run:

"It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A! It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A!"

Okay, I'm kidding. You're my political opponent most of the time, but good luck.

This coming Wednesday, I go to join the YMCA here in Kernersville. The Y is about three miles from where I live, so eventually I hope to be able to run there, work out with weights and machines, then run home. I admit to a bit of reluctance to begin this particular "journey" because I know from experience that it's going to hurt for awhile and take a considerable amount of the self-discipline I have not exercised in quite awhile. I have to keep repeating to myself that it's going to be good for me. It will build me back up so that I can live longer, and so that I will have more strength to fight cancer should it reappear. It will also enable me to quit smoking, something I learned the first time I quit. But this reluctance to begin is still there.

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?


I'll send Hans and Franz...

(if you don't get that, I will have lost all faith in humanity)

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?
Hmm. That is a good questions. I usually deal with the reluctance by giving up or forgetting to do it/continue doing it.

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?
I'm in the same boat you are. I need to quit smoking, quit snuff, and start taking better care of my body.

I am down to about 5-10 cigarettes a day, but at the expense of using a can of snuff every three days as a supplement.

I'm going to be having surgery in a few months, so I need to get into better shape, so I recover easier. (that, and I don't want to get emphysimia :( )

Good luck, Eut, you'll be in my thoughts! Look at it this way, when you work out hard, you always get a good nights sleep!


PS. something I had a hard time doing was quitting Cocaine, but luckily I had a good reason to do it. My wife. Just keeping of the ones you love, and who love you! Guilt is a powerful motivator. You don't want to let down your family, do you? ;)

Well I don't know about sharing any of my long journeys but I will leave you with a saying which one of my Sargents gave me after buggering my knee on a night jump. " Pain is only a sign that you are still alive " have fun getting back into shape, I still need to get my butt back into a gym myself.

This coming Wednesday, I go to join the YMCA here in Kernersville. The Y is about three miles from where I live, so eventually I hope to be able to run there, work out with weights and machines, then run home. I admit to a bit of reluctance to begin this particular "journey" because I know from experience that it's going to hurt for awhile and take a considerable amount of the self-discipline I have not exercised in quite awhile.
;) Waah. Suck it up troop. ;) (are you going to wear Boots like a real (hu)Man? ;) )
I have to keep repeating to myself that it's going to be good for me. It will build me back up so that I can live longer, and so that I will have more strength to fight cancer should it reappear. It will also enable me to quit smoking, something I learned the first time I quit. But this reluctance to begin is still there.

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?
Waiting for my idiot human to open my gooshyfood every morning. If only I had thumbs. :(

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step, enjoy it, you'll stumble on the second. (the full text of the chinese proverb)

I counter with "The journey of a thousand miles begins with seven or eight steps. One step just puts you off balance, two is no big deal, you really need seven or eight to get a good pace happening and be sure you're going where you want to go."

Not as catchy, I know.

What long, hard journeys have you had to make, and how did you cope with your reluctance?

I am currently fighting through love. It isn't easy.

Today I made the step of letting her boyfriend know how I felt, as gently and painlessly (but also as honestly) as possible.

I tend to cope through writing...

I feel you - I just started as well. I work out for football [soccer], and I just started to do it regularly as a class in the Uni. Although to tell you the truth I don't do enough exercises for football - I normally work out my chest and arms, not torso. Regardless, it's a start. I also run a canyon. I started out running a mile as fast as possible, and then running another mile at leisure. Then I picked up to five miles at leisure, then I did 10 miles at leisure. Now I keep on doing that, but I sprint up the wall of the canyon for around 100 meters. It's a really good workout. Then of course, I have football practice. I weighed around 195 pounds about a month ago, and I went to the doctor, and I dropped to 185 lbs. I didn't start to run then, and it was merely walking from class to home for about a mile - everyday - and the short work outs I did. Now that I pick up the pace I'm looking for a real improvement [I'm six foot so I don't think 185 is that bad...now I need to get toned].