Items from my Fitness Notebook

If you want to reach your dream, you must stay past the point you normally would have given up. ~ Unknown

Life boils down to a choice. Are you going to let life get you down or are you doing to take control and make the outcome what you want it to be?

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

When you take a day off from exercising, do at least 3 things that will keep you moving towards your goals during your off day. ~ Unknown

Preparation yesterday will help make today productive, and productivity today will help make tomorrow's dream a reality. ~ Unknown

It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want. ~ F.D. Roosevelt

A cookie lasts as long as it takes to chew it, but a healthy lifestyle lasts a lifetime! ~ Unknown

Life tends to get in the way of fitness goals. Don't let it push you around. Make time. Your health is that important. ~ Unknown

Today, THINK about WHO you want to be, WHAT that person would choose when faced with a difficult food choice and BE that person!!! Let healthy thoughts control you today! ~ Unknown

We can take a stand for our lives by saying no to certain foods and behaviors. Yes, we have the opportunity to choose to gorge on sweets, but that's not freedom, that's slavery. ~ Unknown

Being proactive will go a long way in our recovery from food and weight issues. We must be on guard, watching for temptations and praying for God's guidance and strength in each new situation. If we walk about unaware, we will easily fall into serving our flesh -- giving into the tempting gratification of binging. But as we instead live away of our surroundings, predictable traps, and our own weaknesses, we can then walk in the spirit and provision that comes from God. ~ Lose it for Life Day by Day - May 23rd