Morning Musings

I love my quiet time in the morning.

Seems I wake up, more often than not with the FID’s.  That’s:  Fear Of Impending Doom.  I don’t know why I seem to “come to” most days in this state, but, thank God (or Good Orderly Direction, or Source, or Universal Intelligence, or whatever you want to call it), I do know what to do about it. Continue reading “Morning Musings” »


May 19

I can make exercise something I associate with great feelings like pride, relief, self-respect, youthfulness, or something I associate with dread and guilt – all by when I schedule it.  I can spend the day glorying in how proud of […]

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May 18

Too tired is probably one of the most common reasons for not exercising in general, and certainly in the morning.  What one of my clients says to herself to talk herself into getting up in the morning to exercise is […]

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May 17

The first 10 minutes is always murder – for everyone.  My legs feel like lead and I always think I must be coming down with something.  I’ve learned not to take it so seriously.  “Yeah, this is how I always […]

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May 16

There is an expression they use in 12 Step Programs when encouraging someone to own the consequences of indulging before they actually do it.  They say, “Think it through”.  They mean, of course, to think through to the predictable negative […]

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May 15

In fact, too tired, too stressed and too busy just can’t count.  When would at least one of these things not be true?  Interesting to note, but not any more relevant than those circumstances would be to my decision to […]

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May 14

I would weigh about 30 lbs. more than I do now eating what I eat now if I didn’t exercise.  I do an average of about 300 exercise calories a day.  Do the math.  300 X 365 days, divided by […]

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