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“It's up to you today to start making healthy choices. Not choices that are just healthy for your body, but healthy for your mind.”

~ Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

you

Some of us are so busy during the day, we don't make time any time for ourselves.
It is important that you ask these questions of yourself daily....What have you done for YOU to grow and nurture your mind, body, spirit, relationships, creativity and passion?
If you don't have answers for all of these at the moment, then you might not want to consider your day over yet...

no excuses! #05

is YOUR health important ....?
did you get out into the world today and keep yourself active? did you steer yourself in the direction of your goals .... if not, why not?
don't you owe it to yourself to be the healthiest version of you, you CAN be?!

there are... NO excuses!

change

". . . you can make changes or you can make excuses. Your choice."

a great article on "change"

a (little) swim in the ocean

taking off after a quick intake of water and gu!

i got to be on the crew boat again for another swimming first today ... christie and a mate of his, chris, from townsville, were swimming from sth molle island back to airlie beach - a total of 17kms ...
starting at 9:48am .. finishing at 1:46pm - a total of 3hrs 58 minutes ... quicker than last years 14km swim from whitehaven to hamilton island ....
after a week of super yucky weather - rain,  wind and mugginess ... conditions, werent quite so bad today, no rain AT ALL - w00t! starting very choppy and windy though ... a couple of sections where they had to fight the tide, but, then fairly as ideal as you could ask for with a swim in the ocean, facing the elements ... the closer to the coastline, the calmer the waters, being protected but there was not a lot of area for that ...
the intake along the way ... ? chris. 1.8 litres of carb water, 5 gu's and 2 panadols! christie. 1.7 litres of plain water, 9 gu's.
amazing to watch it unfold! inspiring effort - a big congratulations to both swimmers, christie and chris, and to ross, the kayaker as well - (no more touching the shark stayaway'er'er's :D ) no sharks. it must WORK! :D

all photos can be viewed here

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it takes courage to push yourself to places that you have never been before... to test your limits... to break through barriers... but always know - you ARE capable - of anything you want to be... dream. big! and then, go for it! reach your goals!

start over

If you have started out in pursuit of your goal
And you have really tried with your heart and your soul,
But somehow things got out of control
START OVER.

When you have tried your best to do what you should
And you thought this time that you surely would,
But once again, you did not do good
START OVER.

it all starts with you

 

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"Do just once what others say you can't do, and you will never pay attention to their limitations again." Captain Cook.

banana goodness

Who wants a bit of science to finish off their day? Thought you might. :D
Many animals can make their own vitamin C!!!
Humans and other primates cannot: they are reliant on food for vitamin C. Old news that salad vegetables and citrus fruit are good sources, yet less well known that a (increasingly affordable) banana will provide about a quarter of your daily vitamin C needs.
With all the other goodness a banana provides, don't forget to add one regularly to your day ... slowly, the prices drop. (yay)

big pharma

unfortunately, so true.
yet changing to a healthy diet can help so many 'sick' people, be well... NOTHING substitutes a delicious diet of nutritious whole foods, REAL food ...

why do people turn to drugs/medicines when nature has given us everything we need to keep us healthy, alive and full of energy?! naturally.
is it just the promise of an 'easy solution'? a quick solution? we can eat processed junk food and refined sugars because, oh. when we get sick, a pill will help us? or, the nutrition we lack, then comes in a formula?

positive

positive characteristics ...
connecting with the positive within ourselves and surrounding ourselves with positive people in our lives makes such a difference...

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“Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” Conrad Hilton

rough?

It's been a rough week, but I made it - how about you?

                                                                So. How bout it?

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"Never discourage anyone who continually makes progress, no matter how slow!" Plato

no excuses! #04

You know when you feel like giving up? remember - you KNOW you can push through and get the results you are after .. YOU - refuse to be stopped too!

There are, NO .... excuses

So. To complain or not to complain? Tired or not tired? The answer here in this photo!

qotd - i choose

absolutely! specially, the last point.
when you are making positive changes in your life - don't let any negative comment others may think/say/express about you, affect your success. some, when they see you getting great results, when they see you are 'changing' in a positive way, like to bring doubt to your mind... and some days, it may take just a small niggle to let that affect you and the choices you make regarding your health .... don't let others opinions, alter the hard work you are putting in, that get those amazing results.

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“Many fine things can be done in a day if you don't always make that day tomorrow” - Unknown

absolutely fabulous

What a great opportunity I was given this morning for an absolutely fabulous session - mother and daughter - coming together and training, intensely!
It was awesome to witness the bond and support they had for each other
Margaret - you are becoming an inspiration for many - and ABSOLUTE PROOF - consistency, sweat, and a good healthy diet - thrown together with determination = 100% results!!!
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln