If
you open any magazine right now, you will read about a Great Get Fit Plan for
2012. You are going to be healthy and
full of energy on your quest to a bikini body!
You will also find articles about making goals and sticking to them (ahem),
recipes that will wow, achieving the perfect night’s sleep, how to make more
money, and better sex! But let’s face it
– if everyone who read the articles followed the advice and became perfect – we
wouldn’t need magazines. Success at
anything requires more than just reading an article and following the
steps. There is something in you that
must click before it will all work.
I
am reading this amazing book right now:
A Hand to Guide Me by Denzel Washington.
Yes – that Denzel
Washington. It has stories of being inspired
by someone in your life whether it is a parent, coach, or neighbor. It shows how much impact a conversation can
have. What a difference a little
encouragement can make. How everyone
needs a push in the right direction.
Even someone with a lot of drive to succeed had a moment in their life,
or someone in their life, and they had a turning point where they knew that
they could do more.

Exercise
has so many benefits that it seems like a no-brainer. Besides getting in shape physically –
exercise benefits your heart and brain and your other insides.
Regular exercise helps with depression, stress and anxiety, insomnia,
low energy, and so much more. But
sometimes it’s hard to get off the couch or make time in our schedules for
it. So I want to bring you some stories
of others who did – set and reached their fitness goals.

My Aunt Rebecca also took on a fitness venture - in the name of charity. She participated in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer several years ago. The event was 60 miles in three days and she had to also raise $1900. Through support with the program, friends and family, my Aunt Rebecca was able to finish the walk and raise over $3000! "I had a pulled hamstring in the middle of my training (and in the middle
of a 10 mile training walk). I learned that I couldn't slack off in my
daily training and try to make it up on the weekend.
Also - on the 3rd day of the actual walk I had 4 huge blisters. I walked
16 miles, each step painful, just by reminding myself of what was
waiting for me at the end -- my family!"
My Mom is definitely someone who has inspired her friends and family in the name of fitness and health. I remember her beginning to walk around a neighborhood track and then start to run. She ended up taking on a job as a certified personal trainer and aerobics instructor and then was the manager of a gym. She once led my friend and I through an ab workout when we were 13. Our stomachs were so sore the next day it hurt to laugh! When I asked her about goals, she filled me in on how she has kept it all up through several major set backs (including foot and knee surgery) as well as maintaining an exercise habit through busy work and family schedules. "Training for races by setting a structured work
out schedule was always fun for me and motivating. I use a calendar to
mark off my daily work outs and hate to see blank days. If it is an
intentional rest day, I will write that down." She explains: "All the goals I have set with fitness are not the
end of the road. It is a constant journey without a finish line. To
live a healthy lifestyle is not a set weight or single achievement.
There are ups and downs - on the scale, with time and other life issues -
that one needs to adjust to. The biggest issue seems to be gaining and
regaining balance. How do you measure that?"
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