by Dan | Mar 1, 2012 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Tomorrow starts the 2012 winter season state swim meet being held in Rapid City. Sarah took Molly and Megan today for this weekend. Megan has been on the swim team for the last 7 years, and absolutely loves it. She is the one in lane 4. Now, when it comes to sports, or exercise, you need to do what you enjoy doing. This is by far her favorite exercise, ever since she was little. When you enjoy your sport/activity, it becomes easy to keep doing it. For me, swimming is a struggle. I would much rather bike or run. It is good to have variety though.
With Megan on the swim team, she has become proficient in all 4 strokes, free style, back stroke, fly, and here doing the breast stroke (the one closest to you). I struggle just trying to do the freestyle. Megan is a good inspiration to me as well, showing that you earn what you work for. This will continue to be a good sport/activity for her to do to stay in shape as she gets older as well. Remember, do what you enjoy doing, or you won’t do it very long. Keep Moving!
Good luck this weekend Megan!
Dr. Dan (Dad!)
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1617
by Dan | Feb 6, 2012 | Family, Goals, Motivation
Well, I had a surprise this past weekend. Sarah and I were out in the Hills at Deadwood for our annual South Dakota Academy of Family Physicians conference/meeting. Sarah and I were both presenters at the conference. Friday night we have a reception following the evening conference, and I came walking into the banquet hall to see my parents, my daughters, who had not come there with us, and several of my brothers and their families. I was being awarded the South Dakota Family Doctor of the Year award, and had no idea this was coming. My family knew it for a month, and had kept it a secret. I have never been more surprised in my life.
I have never been so honored before! Here I am with my mom, who all of you out there who have kids know what I mean when I say that as a parent, you never get tired of seeing your kids do well. I was very happy they were able to make it. It was a night to remember forever. Strive 2 Survive was mentioned as well as the some of the contributions I have done/developed. What a night! I still have not relaxed. It has been even easier to work out with more energy these last few days. I had no time to prepare for a speech, but had several people comment to me they really liked what I said about Sarah…”My whole career has been a team work effort. I got where I am with Sarah’s help, and even though my name may be the one on the plaque, this award belongs to both of us.” How true! Thank you very much Sarah…we are a team…forever and for always! Keep moving everybody!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1593
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 | 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
by Dan | Dec 26, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Holidays, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
Hopefully you all had a great Christmas! The weater was great, and we got to spend some of the time outside enjoying the weather. We spent part of it in Huron seeing Grandma and Grandpa Folk. Then after we got done eating, it was so nice out we all went out for about a 2 mile walk. I don’t remember the last Christmas we went out as a family for a walk!
Here we are getting ready to go. Just waiting for Nick and Grandpa, who were out riding a 4 wheeler. Some kids never grow up! Hope everybody’s holidays were fun, and that you all got to spend time with your family. Enjoy! Stay active!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1551
by Dan | Dec 23, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Holidays, Motivation, Wellness/Health
Went out with Buddy this AM for a walk. We got some snow last night, but with the upcoming temps, I don’t think it will last long. Buddy was in the holiday spirit, and was fired up to go walking.
From Buddy and I, we say to you all: Hope your holidays are filled with good times, family time, and just time to do things for yourselves. Stay healthy. Stay active. Have fun. Whatever your faith, or your beliefs this time of year, it is a time for family. Spend it well with them, and do it however you chose to do. Happy Winter Solstice! Merry Christmas! Take care for now!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1548
