We had been kicking ideas around about fitness equipment - what we might get, where we might put it, whether to do it now or wait until we had a better handle on where we are going to live …remember we have a house in FL, a house in MT and still 2 motorhomes …
Short story - Bill found, bought, picked up and installed (with a little help from his friends), the above treadmill. We decided to put it in the front room to start. The idea is that if it is there we will get on it, maybe several times a day. When we get in a good habit of using it, we’ll move it to the garage which has an air conditioner and power.
Now, neither of us have unrealistic expectations of recovering the bodies of our youth - the idea here is that we both need to shed a few - ok more than a few - pounds and increase fitness and generally we both want to be in condition to enjoy the activities that we love. To do that we need to change a bit…
change - to do something different.
There are so many things in life that we cannot change or control or do anything about but accept them for what they are. And change, even something as seemingly small as a bit more activity, a little less food - it is hard! And we resist - we don’t like change. Kind of funny as this week on Flawed but Authentic, there is a great post called 27 Words.
The 27 words are the first part of the “Serenity Prayer”:
God grant me the serenity
To accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
Serenity, acceptance, courage and wisdom - powerful words.
Hmmmm…time to quit fretting over some things that I cannot change, time to get on the treadmill and change what I can!
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