Sore

Well, not a lot going on this weekend on the fitness front.  No reason why, no funk, nothing going on.  Just didn’t do a whole lot besides a couple walks with the dog, some moderate stretching and a very little Wii.  Expect to be back full blast on the strict(er) eating and back to the gym sessions tomorrow.

 

As the title says, I am pretty sore.  The back stuff is there but then my hamstrings are freaking killing me!  Not 100 percent sure why, but am sure feeling it. 

 

I haven’t been weighing myself so I don’t know exactly where I am.  I know that my portions have not been good the past week, with the migraines and lack of appetite early in the week, to eating bigger portions later in the week.  Got to get my head back in the game and get serious again.  Have grown a little discouraged and complacent the past couple days. 

 

Anyway been working on all my blogs today, I will post links to them on the side there.  I love to write, and have a tonne of different interests so I actually keep a couple individual wordpress blogs, but all my writing is also kept at http://www.shaneleighton.wordpress.com going back to 2002, covering nearly 1100 posts.  I would have 4 times that many if I actually hit POST on everything I write.  Anyway, disjointed post tonight, but am busy watching the last yankees game, along with the packer vrs ‘Boys game.  I will be back on track this week, along with daily posts.

 

Have a good night, and to anyone reading, lets make it a great week!

Perspective

“Unlike many cancer patients, I don’t have much anger. The way I see it, we’re not entitled to one breath of air. We did nothing to earn it, so whatever we get is bonus. I might be more than a little disappointed with the hand I’ve been dealt, but this is what it is. Thinking about what it could be is pointless. It ought to be different, that’s for sure, but it ain’t. A moment spent moping is a moment wasted.

I accept what is to come, but I cannot rid myself of a deep mourning for all those experiences — college, marriage, children, grandchildren — that will probably never be mine to celebrate. What solace I do find is in the knowledge that I have done everything I can to transmute this terribleness into something positive by showing as many people as I can how to endure it with a smile.

I don’t believe you can ask for any more, but if I could ask for something, it would be to be able to go outside into the glorious spring air, feeling healthy and blissfully clueless as to how lucky I was for it, if only just for an hour.”

-Miles Levin, 19 year old cancer patient who lost his battle. His blog is hosted on www.carepages.com, search Levinstory.

Jesus. Reading the above makes me feel about 2 inches tall. As an inside joke amongst some of my friends, I am known, and I play up on “my bad luck”. Like so many, I have been thru a lot in my life. Parents divorce, family members passing, depression, money stuff, blah blah blah.

In my worst moments I bitch and complain about my lot in life. Not having enough time. Bills. Job that drives me crazy sometimes. Being moved to a different job, that I am convinced I am not going to like before I get there. Putting on weight, yet doing nothing for years to lose the weight. Etc etc. In my better moments I realize this is life. Life is hard. As I wrote in a post after my 9 year old nephew died, and re-iterated 16 months later when his 7 year old sister died, Life isn’t fair or unfair its just life. We are promised or owed nothing, regardless of what you may think. Life truly is what you decide to make it.

Regardless how it looks to the outside observer, I have taken steps to stop being the always grumpy, complaining guy, and be a guy who is working hard to improve his attitude and all aspects of his life for himself and family. As with everything else, it’s a work in progress.

Reading the above just drives the point home for me, every second of life is a gift, and we are owed nothing. It’s up to us what we make of our life. We are in control of how we react to what happens in our lives, as proved very poignantly by this young man that let the world into the last two years of his cut too short life.

Perspective

“Unlike many cancer patients, I don’t have much anger. The way I see it, we’re not entitled to one breath of air. We did nothing to earn it, so whatever we get is bonus. I might be more than a little disappointed with the hand I’ve been dealt, but this is what it is. Thinking about what it could be is pointless. It ought to be different, that’s for sure, but it ain’t. A moment spent moping is a moment wasted.

I accept what is to come, but I cannot rid myself of a deep mourning for all those experiences — college, marriage, children, grandchildren — that will probably never be mine to celebrate. What solace I do find is in the knowledge that I have done everything I can to transmute this terribleness into something positive by showing as many people as I can how to endure it with a smile.

I don’t believe you can ask for any more, but if I could ask for something, it would be to be able to go outside into the glorious spring air, feeling healthy and blissfully clueless as to how lucky I was for it, if only just for an hour.”

-Miles Levin, 19 year old cancer patient who lost his battle. His blog is hosted on www.carepages.com, search Levinstory.

Jesus. Reading the above makes me feel about 2 inches tall. As an inside joke amongst some of my friends, I am known, and I play up on “my bad luck”. Like so many, I have been thru a lot in my life. Parents divorce, family members passing, depression, money stuff, blah blah blah.

In my worst moments I bitch and complain about my lot in life. Not having enough time. Bills. Job that drives me crazy sometimes. Being moved to a different job, that I am convinced I am not going to like before I get there. Putting on weight, yet doing nothing for years to lose the weight. Etc etc. In my better moments I realize this is life. Life is hard. As I wrote in a post after my 9 year old nephew died, and re-iterated 16 months later when his 7 year old sister died, Life isn’t fair or unfair its just life. We are promised or owed nothing, regardless of what you may think. Life truly is what you decide to make it.

Regardless how it looks to the outside observer, I have taken steps to stop being the always grumpy, complaining guy, and be a guy who is working hard to improve his attitude and all aspects of his life for himself and family. As with everything else, it’s a work in progress.

Reading the above just drives the point home for me, every second of life is a gift, and we are owed nothing. It’s up to us what we make of our life. We are in control of how we react to what happens in our lives, as proved very poignantly by this young man that let the world into the last two years of his cut too short life.