I hate exercise but… It is a long “but”. I have to find activities I like doing like walking my dog, playing tennis, shooting hoops (usually alone) and other activities. I do hate exercise for exercise sake.
I have never been able to do that. I want to enjoy what I am doing not make it “work”. And I imagine there are many people like me out there. Getting in shape is just a byproduct. So find things out there you like doing.
And if you have to start slowly that is fine. I am no longer seventeen. And I recognize my limits although I push myself a little harder each day. I have to do it slowly. Figure out what you enjoy doing. And do it. And you may be surprised at the results.
Just take your time and do whatever you do regularly. And you will get into shape. The human body is meant to be used. We have become such a sedentary society. And I am included in that group. It seemed so much harder after I got out of school to stay in shape.
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The best discoveries are always when you least expect them. Today I was walking my dog and I picked something off the middle of the road. It was a two inch diameter bird nest. It had to have been built by a ruby-throat hummingbird: it was so small. Somehow it fell off the tree. I had never seen such a small nest before.
Later on in the day, I was driving home after making my daily trek to the post office and a turkey hen and her nine babies passed in front of me to my amazement. I stopped my car, mouth open, and let the baby turkeys pass.
I do not even know what turkey babies are called. What was even more interesting to me was at least half of the babies were a different size: she must have hatched half of her brood at a different time. I had never seen baby wild turkeys before in my life. You never know when the next discovery will come. It is all serendipity.
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