More Fun With Activities I Like

Reason No. 7 to get in better shape is one of the most motivating for me....being able to do more activities I'm interested in, for longer periods of time, and better. I like white water rafting, hiking, camping, horseback riding, and adventure travel. All these things are best done when one is fit. Although I've done them anyway, I know I would enjoy them more if I were in better shape. I'd like to be able to take the dogs for a short run or a long hike, and to get into a regular riding routine with the horses. I'm inherently competitive, but I've never played team sports and I don't know of any I like. I wouldn't mind playing basketball or racquetball or tennis if I had a partner, but I usually don't.

Long term, my next very active trip will be in 2010, and by then I'd like to be ready to do anything and everything the trip has to offer. Long range, I'd also like to take a horseback riding trip, which means increasing both my riding ability and my physical fitness. And, I'd like to travel to the Amazon and Borneo and several other places where being fit is a definite asset.

So far, I've been responsible with my diet, I'm getting the house cleared of tempting items, I'm working on getting psyched for a daily exercise routine (by far the hardest part), and my daily "habit building" has been 100%. So today I add to multi-vitamin, fluoride, and daily moisturizer...daily facial cleanser - an easy one, but one I am not currently 100% on.