Wow, this week we hit the ground running with 2 great posts on How To Start Running. I’ve been running since April 1997 and haven’t considered quitting anytime soon. With this being February, I thought this would be a great time to devote some articles on the sport of running. Especially since, if one would [...]
Posts Tagged ‘attitude’
Taking a break can be good
Well, it just goes to show you that taking a break isn’t always a bad thing. I have had kind of a semi-forced 4 1/2 month break from running due to various personal issues ranging from a back issue to a severe cold and a soar lower back. These issues basically kept the sneakers off [...]
Getting Active With Friends
In recent articles, I talked about the importance of getting active. Ok, now I am going to put you on the spot here. Are you one that goes to work every day, come home, watch TV and/or go out with the guys/girls now and then? Is that kind of what describes your week? You can [...]
Weight Watchers and Portion Control Part #2
A side benefit of using Weight Watchers to help with portion control is how it can improve your attitude on what you can eat. You end up realizing and saying “oh, I can have a yogurt now”. When one has been used to eating a certain way, eating another way can be a hard reality [...]
Acceptance of Denial
You hear sayings (or say them) all the time. Sayings like “Oh, I’m not that bad”, “you’ll have that anywhere” or “that won’t work”. Unfortunately, it’s sayings like these that can also “trap” you into not taking any action for yourself. Deep down inside, there is a small seed of care waiting to be nurtured. [...]
At the wall and getting around it
Did you ever wonder why no matter how hard you try, you don’t seem to loose much weight or achieve your goals? Week after week, try as you might, you barely get anywhere. There is a reason for this. Fortunately, the reason has a lot to do with you. It’s fortunate, because this means you [...]
Secrets that make Holidays hard and what to do
The Holidays can be a hard time of year especially for those who want to loose weight or start a new health and fitness goal. Most usually end up saying, I’ll wait until next year to start. With Christmas and New Years around the corner, it’s still not to late to take action. Things that [...]
Bad Attitude Secrets and Health
A bad attitude can come from just about any situation or outcome. Illness, crisis, depression, accident, death, you name it, all these things and more can bring about a bad attitude. This attitude can be short term, or last for years. The problem is that the thought process can be altered to the point where [...]
Your Worst Enemy Revisited
Now and then regardless of how successful you are, your worst enemy can rear it’s ugly head. There can be many reasons for this such as seeing what other people are doing and you can’t or feeling like you aren’t getting anywhere. Or, you could have just lost 15 or 20 pounds and it seems [...]
Attitude Affects All
Life can sometimes get your way and influence your attitude. People can do that too. I perceive that there are 3 groups of attitudes: Good, Bad and Ugly. I’m being simple here on the 3 types. Let’s start with the Ugly Attitude first. The Ugly Attitude: This goes far beyond the Bad types. Nothing is [...]
