| Are you over eating some days? Do you go to | | | | manage through the rest of the meal, you are |
| bed on a full stomach? Missed exercising in the | | | | frustrated with yourself for being intimidated even |
| past week? Sometimes life is inconvenient. Once | | | | though your host has said nothing. |
| and a while we over indulge and get mad at | | | | Joggers are an impressive group of people. They |
| ourselves. The reality is that we are human, and | | | | seem to enjoy what they are doing and exercise |
| humans don't make all the right decisions. | | | | in every kind of weather. In the freezing cold |
| When we are on the diet wagon, we fall off, | | | | they take a shorter stride, sweat freezes on their |
| from time to time. When we are avid runners, | | | | faces and you wonder how they can breathe in |
| we stay home, on occasion. If you are a recycler, | | | | that bitter cold air. If the runner misses a day |
| every now and then you throw something into | | | | they say that they can tell they didn't run, and |
| the trash that shouldn't go there, and know that | | | | don't feel as good as when they do. Many get |
| you've done it. So are we lazy or are we just | | | | mad at themselves for `not just getting out |
| part of the human race? | | | | there.' |
| The truth is that what we view as failure isn't | | | | If you are determined to eat vegan, offer to |
| really so awful. Looking at it from another point of | | | | bring a special dish. One that everyone one will |
| view, perhaps we made a commitment that is a | | | | like, but also one that will give you the nutrition |
| little `over the top.' After all when we set goals, | | | | that you require. For avid runners, consider |
| they are suppose to be obtainable. Never doing | | | | another type of exercise that you can do when |
| this, or always doing that is just not practical. | | | | you can't get out in the weather. Prepare for the |
| Every time we do things in extreme we are | | | | event of change and you will feel more |
| setting ourselves up for the fall. | | | | comfortable when you are challenged. |
| You have made a commitment to a vegan diet. | | | | Anytime we do things in excess, we are setting |
| After weeks of adjusting to no red meat you are | | | | ourselves up. Life doesn't need to be a |
| invited to a friend's home for supper. | | | | competition with yourself. Moderation is the key |
| Embarrassed that there is very little on the table | | | | to living a life with less frustration, and more |
| that you would eat if you were at home, you | | | | happiness. |
| give in to eating a small portion of steak. As you | | | | |