We used to incorporate a poem into our meetings, called Don’t Quit. Check it out:

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit
Rest if you must, but don’t you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and its turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When they might have won, had they stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down,
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit!

-Author Unknown

I love, love, love, love (you get the point, lol), love this poem. I reflect on this poem whenever I am going through a struggle in my life, or when I have a goal that I want to badly accomplish. I especially lean on it with this fitness journey. Sometimes it seems I will never get the body that I know I can have, and sometimes I think I will never get my nutrition under control, but I will not quit. I will keep pushing toward my goal!

I hope you do the same!

Stay Happy & Healthy

New fitness products for 2012:

Polar FT4 Heart Rate Monitor – I paid $49.99 – The price went up since I purchased this product.

Richard Simmons: Sweatin’ To The Oldies Vol. 1 – I paid $9.98 at Walmart.

I like to keep track of my heart rate during workouts, and that was getting hard to do without my HRM. I lost my HRM watch on December 25, 2011. Yes, I remember the exact date, lol. We had people over for a late night Christmas gathering, kids running all through the house, playing with stuff…and don’t you know…my watch goes missing. I flipped my house upside down looking for that darn watch, until yesterday. That is when I decided to go ahead and purchase a brand new HRM. The Polar FT4 is definitely a step up from my Sportline HRM, that I got from Walmart in 2009.

Walmart, Walmart, Walmart…

Why can’t I walk in Walmart, and not walk to the fitness section?! I am always trying to find something to shake up my workout routines. Anyway, I love, love, love this Sweatin’ To The Oldies DVD. Richard has an amazing personality, and I can really get down to some oldies.

As far as body changes…

I think I actually see my body changing. I notice that my tummy is slimming down (bring on the six-pack, lol), and my arm and leg muscles are more defined. Well, that is all for now.

Stay Happy & Healthy!!!

I successfully completed my 31 Days of Fitness! Working out for 31 days straight is not easy, but I feel healthier, and my body is changing in a good way. I have drastically improved my eating habits, and I will continue to work on them in 2012. Happy New Year!!!

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,700 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 45 trips to carry that many people.

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