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On Exercise...I've had a hard time getting motivated

JonesCarpeDiem
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I was supposed to rehearse today but something came up for one of the musicians so we put it off until tomorrow. One of those three hour rehearsals feels like I ran a marathon.  I realize its not the same but when I sing and play, I use every muscle in my body. It's quite a different workout.

 

So, I decided to ride my bike. (I don't have a right ankle so it's hard for me to run or even walk far.)

I haven't ridden since before I was in the hospital the 1st of June because of the triple dose of blood pressure meds they inadvertently put me on after the hospital and I now realize I won't be able to hold my head on my shoulders much longer without some form of exercise. LOL.

So I rode to the park and and went around it three full times. It was steady, no slacking ride and it's a fairly big park.

Worked up a sweat. Now I'll have to keep increasing my trips around it until I feel I can ride to the beach from here.

This is going to require a lot more showers. A lot more.

Not going to smoke over it.

 

ps there's a link on my page to videos of our rehearsal last week if you feel the need to watch. LOL

follow the link and choose videos on the left.

This is not a money making link. Just three guys learning to play my songs.

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.