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[Tiesto]

Sean, I think I’m gonna print that out and hang it on my wall. That was the funniest inspirational thing I’ve heard in a long time! lol And…my biggest issue. *sigh* If I could just let go, my entire life would be much better or at least I think so. I just wish I knew how to do that.

I have been getting lots of stuff done around the house. We’ll be listing our house this spring, so I feel like everything needs reorganizing, and that’s been keeping busy. I started a little workout with the little spitfire 24 year old girlie girl on the cable workout station. She’s cute and annoying! And today I went bike riding with my husband for the first time in I don’t know how lone. I never realized that there are so many looooong hills where I live! My husband, the guy who has worked out every single day since the day I met him, was waaaay ahead of me, as I’m trudging along with the wizard of oz theme music playing in my head lol. I was sick as a dog by the time I got home. I cannot believe I am this outta shape! We’re going again tomorrow…..yippie!

Patti, I think it's great that you've decided to go cycling. What helped me to quit smoking back then was also from exercise, I had a strong desire to build my body, so I became obsessed with weightlifting and other sports.

I used to be super skinny, my physical characteristic is what people in the fitness circle call "hardgainer", when I first step foot in the gym in 2002, I workout while still smoking, partying and all, needless to say I didn't gain any significant result, I also didn't have a strong and clear fitness goal at the time, and because of the lack of proper goal setting I didn't train consistently nor train intensely enough. Years gone by and I've only gain very puny result.

The beginning of 2005 was when I decided to get serious, I started researching everything about training, nutrition, and supplementation, I learned to make a clear goal for myself in term of my physical condition and fitness level, and I also learned that I can't live the kind of lifestyle I was living if I really want to achieve the goal that I set for myself.

I began by training really intensely with heavy weights, I carefully select my nutrition, and eat properly every 2-3 hours, I changed my circle of friends, I started hang around with athletes and other people who are also obsessed with training, and the result I get in a mere 4 months destroy all the result I was getting the past 3 years with my bad lifestyle, after that point onwards I was hooked, and I began setting higher and higher goals, I just wanna get bigger and leaner all the time, I had to sacrifice my party, smoking, old friends, but I achieved my goal, and I realized that it was all worth it in the end.

Starting the bike riding with your husband is definitely a great start in my opinion, I would suggest try to do it more intensely instead of just for fun, try to set goals for yourself in cycling, or any other sports that you like, getting faster lap times, or covering more distance, etc. After you achieve the goals start setting higher and more difficult goal for your fitness level, once your body adapt to the new conditioning and tune up to that kind of healthy lifestyle, you will get addicted to that instead of smoking.