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Monday, 22nd June

We all want success in some small way and we want significance in our lives too.

If you’re a great mother to your kids, then you don’t go looking for praise as you love your kids dearly, but to get the occasional pat on the back is nice as at least someone recognises the great work you are doing.

If you’re great at your job, you may often feel under-appreciated and think nobody notices what you do. However, when you get a heartfelt thank you for what your efforts, then it will spur you on to become even better at what you do.

These are two examples of people around you appreciating the significance of the job you do for many people in life. Although you didn’t set out looking for acclaim, the feeling you have achieved something of importance makes you feel better.

Significance in your exercise programme is something we are all looking for too. Losing 2-4 inches off your waist for example will make you feel better, will show that you have indeed putting a great effort in over a sustained period of time.

Many of you will feel unsure when you first start whether the effort will be worth it? You may have had negative experiences in the past in your efforts to get fit so why will this time be different?

This is why results are so important to us, and to demonstrate daily what exciting changes you can really make if you give it some time and offer some commitment.

Once you start getting results out of your exercise and healthy eating programme, you too will feel that significance of you efforts, you will realise you get out what you put into it, and creating success with your health is totally within YOUR power.

Twitt
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Monday, 22nd May

Sometimes, you can improve your limits by accident, and set a new standard. I went on my normal sunday morning run a 7am this morning up to Graig lookout hill.

After a couple of games of football in the back garden today, my oldest boy wanted to come for a run with me as he needed to burn off some excess energy in my view.

This was a longer one, up the hill by Rock house, up the mountain and you come out by the lookout again, this time the pembrey end, which is equally as hard if not harder, and very scenic.

I hasten to add he beat me relatively easy!

Then the other two children wanted to do it! So we went off on it again and by the third run of he day, i felt tired. The kids didn’t though and shows what children are generally capable of when you give them opportunities.

This helped with two things. I still get that sunday night “anxiey” because it’s still the night before the start of the week, and nerves are normal for most of us.

Also, it proved that i was indeed capable of MORE every sunday, i was congratulating myself over and over about doing the lookout hill, when in fact a run of double the distance was more like he mark i SHOULD be hitting.

We ALL need to reset our goals from time to time, realise we can achieve more, and we need to work our bodies harder as our capabilities are often way greater than we often give ourselves credit for.

Twitt