by Dan | Jan 16, 2012 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Wellness/Health
This weekend we spent in Sioux Falls with the rest of my brothers, and my sister, and all of their families, to celebrate my Dad’s 80th birthday. I just talked about on the last post of mine about motivation being an inside job. Look no further than here for where I get my motivation and inspiration from. My Dad worked his whole life doing manual labor, and then has spent the last 16 years in retirement being an exercise maniac. He still rides his bike at least 10 miles a day, but was doing 15 miles. I don’t know if I have mentioned this before, but he would keep a log on a calendar about the bike rides he did, and would mark the day with an “X” on the calendar. At one point, he was 6 months ahead of schedule, so he was actually doing like 45 miles some days on the bike. He has always been an inspiration to me. His motto has always been…”you get what you work for, and nobody is going to hand things to you. So get off your butt, and get it done.” He always made sure he had fun doing it though.
We have had a lot of fun over the years, and I am so glad my kids got to know you, Dad. I did not get the chance to know my grandfathers, but my kids sure got to know theirs. We appreciate all of this time.
Be sure to spend time with your family, and the ones that mean the most to you. Once that time is gone, you don’t get it back. Remember to take care of yourself, and keep moving!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1572
by Dan | Jan 14, 2012 | Exercise, Motivation, Wellness/Health
What motivates you? This is still one of the main things that each of you individually needs to answer. For each of us, we as individuals need to evaluate our own abilities, and at the same time, incorporate these abilities into our life’s objectives. “What you can concieve you can achieve.” One of the more critical issues when it comes to motivation is restructuring our own attitudes, and using this to achieve true success. Anything worth having does not just happen. It takes effort, and effort requires work. Once all is said and done, that work can return rewards that will fulfill our lives, make us happy, and allow us to appreciate who we are as individuals. The hardest part of regular exercise is not the exercise, it is the regular. It becomes much easier when you make exercise a habit. It then becomes a part of your day, your routine, and you just plan for it.
A quatation by Aristotle sums this up: “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
Keep moving!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1570
by Dan | Jan 7, 2012 | Exercise, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
I have never seen the golf course here, with the bike trail, like this in January. It has been great continuing to be able to use the bike trail yet this winter, and not having the snow. It makes it much easier to go outside and continue to stay active. How are the rest of you doing with your New Year’s resolutions to get more active, and to watch your diet? Well, it definitely makes things a little easier when the weather cooperates. This last week, with some of the days getting up in the 50’s, people have been out like crazy walking, biking, or running, and taking advantage of this weather. Appreciate it, and take advantage as long as we can.
Buddy was saying, “Enough of this taking picture stuff, we came out here to go walking. Get moving!”. You are right Buddy, but sometimes you have to sit back and enjoy the day as well. You all do the same. The next few days are going to be in the upper 40’s. Hope to see you outside! Keep working on those resolutions. Persistence is the key…
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1563
by Dan | Jan 1, 2012 | Exercise, Goals, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Once again, we have finished out another year, and ready to begin another. Hope 2012 will be good for you. New Year’s is also a time for people to set new resolutions. They are determined to do better with exercise and their diet. What it really boils down to more is a re-organization of our time. We need to reset our priorities. The time is there, but it may not always be the most convenient.
We often times just need to make adjustments to our daily schedule, making time for it. Adjustments on how we are going to make the time to accomplish our goals, without making them such a burden or chore that we can’t stay committed to them, often leading to more frustration, and even less attempt at trying to make a change or difference, are not always easy. Focus on things that have worked well for you before, and then continue to “fine tune” these even more. Make the time. We all have the same 24 hours in a day. Good luck!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1557
by Dan | Dec 31, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Goals, Holidays, Motivation, Wellness/Health
The holidays are always a good time to sit back and reflect upon this past year. What went right? What went wrong? What do we need to change? What do we need to do to improve? This is particularly true when it comes to ourselves, our health, and trying to do better with doing more exercise, and watching our diets/food intake. Setting new goals, or adjusting old goals can be good, but instead of making ourselves commit to another goal, often times unrealistic, how about if we work on trying to improve upon what we have already done well. This is also a time to take advantage to learn from what we have not done well.
This was my daughter, Molly, and her response to what she thought of her christmas presents this year. This should actually be our response to what we have accomplished this year, and realize that we are not going to do everything right. What is more important out of all of this is to realize what we have done right and appreciate it, and to keep moving forward and learn from what we did wrong. We can all do a better job when it comes to our own health. We can all do better with exercise and diet. It is a continuous committment we must make, and we can do it, but it does take effort. Anything worth having in life does not come easy. So remember as we get ready to go forward to 2012–Stay active, spend time with family and friends, and continue to take care of ourselves. There are a lot of people out there that would miss you if you were gone. Have a happy upcoming New Year!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1556
