Swim suit season .....
Apr. 29th, 2004 05:16 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
puppetmakerI have resolved to rejoin my gym. When I worked in Manhattan proper, I closed down my membership by the house and going a gym in the city but I think it is time to start up again. I have been getting exercise in various forms. Running after a baby is great exercise as is carrying one. My upper arm strength is pretty good these days.
Now I have a few reasons to try to get my shape in shape. Including that I want to be around for my daughter for a long time. My diet has been changing slowly. I have been eating smaller portions and trying to pick healthier foods. But all food is healthy in one way or another. It has to do with moderation and will power. I want to teach my daughter by example rather than “do as I say not as I do”.
Personal Responsibility is a phrase that seems to be bandied about a lot lately. I have heard it in current politics and in the current pop psychology (ie: Dr. Phil). It is how my parents raised me. If I was at fault and I tried to blame someone or something else, my parents would point out that it was my responsibility and therefore who’s fault was it? I got angry at my parents sometimes for this, but now I am glad that they went to the trouble of instilling this value in me. So my weight and physical wellness is my responsibility and no one else. I make choices and I have to live by these choices. Now there are things that we have no control over that can get in the way. So I go by the old Let me change the things I can change, Accept what I can not change and have the Wisdom to know the difference. One tends to find oneself doing less head banging on brick walls that way.
Now I have a few reasons to try to get my shape in shape. Including that I want to be around for my daughter for a long time. My diet has been changing slowly. I have been eating smaller portions and trying to pick healthier foods. But all food is healthy in one way or another. It has to do with moderation and will power. I want to teach my daughter by example rather than “do as I say not as I do”.
Personal Responsibility is a phrase that seems to be bandied about a lot lately. I have heard it in current politics and in the current pop psychology (ie: Dr. Phil). It is how my parents raised me. If I was at fault and I tried to blame someone or something else, my parents would point out that it was my responsibility and therefore who’s fault was it? I got angry at my parents sometimes for this, but now I am glad that they went to the trouble of instilling this value in me. So my weight and physical wellness is my responsibility and no one else. I make choices and I have to live by these choices. Now there are things that we have no control over that can get in the way. So I go by the old Let me change the things I can change, Accept what I can not change and have the Wisdom to know the difference. One tends to find oneself doing less head banging on brick walls that way.
