motivation is everywhere

My competition started today. I put the treadmill together on Saturday. It's fancy... more features than I expected for the $700 price tag. It has a nice fan that blows on my face, mp3 playout, programs, and a nice incline. I am happy. I ran today, nice and slow. Jack was amused. Dipping, darting, and diving around like I was getting ready to play with him. After 15 minutes or so he realized that I was only running in one direction and not back to chase him.

I don't really want to talk about that right now.

This video has been making its way around the net:

I find it very touching. Maybe it's the song, maybe it's the editing, but I almost cried watching this. Looks like a whole new person by the end, right? It's out there for the taking. And you don't have to starve or kill yourself to do it. Just work. Put in the work and good things will happen. I truly believe this.

In terms of realistic goals, this guy was bigger than I'll ever be. His current skinny weight is not much less than what I weight now. For all the times I call myself a whale, walrus, blimp, manatee, or whatever... I am being over dramatic. If this guy can do it - I can do it. I've been a wonderful excuse maker for nearly a year now. It's so easy to let it all slip away.

Please take a moment and check out this individual's blog at bendoeslife.tumblr.com. The blog is good (not as good as the video - but good) and I support the guy 100%.

I will talk later about some of my goals, what milestones I will reward myself at and what those rewards will be. The $500 bet has one clear purpose. It's a safety net. There are those moments when I'm driving home from work and I think that I don't feel like cooking and "x-restaurant" is right there. In the past I pull in - now I keep driving.

I'm going to try to limit posts about this to once a week or so, but I saw this video and I felt like it just had to be posted.

Seize the day. It sounds corny, but sometimes corny is ok.