Time for no excuses

Today I posted that excuses are the difference that lie between the successful and unsuccessful individual.

Today I didn't make any excuses. I donated a pint of blood. I ate a good lunch. I drank gatorade and went to a crossfit workout although it wasn't advised to exercise until 24 hours after donating blood. I wanted to test my limits. I came home and ate an even better dinner.

I posted my goals in January and I wanted to gauge where I am at in terms of how I view myself successful or not.


Have a support network

Accept accountability

Complete one competitive run monthly

Utilize the gym at home

Utilize down time at work for stationary strength training

Drink water and plenty of it

I feel I have excelled in each of these areas. I was blessed to find crossfit which made it  not neccessary to utilize the gym at home in the garage. Instead I have made a goal to attend crossfit at least twice weekly and three times weekly when I don't have my Thursday running group meeting. I have seen and felt improvments in my running through the strength training I have been doing. Crossfit in and of itself is a great support network. I don't know any other gym where I would have one of the trainers sending me a message asking if I was okay because he saw me leave a little early and he would validate my frustration that my body didn't allow me to complete the entire workout. I have not been able to compete in one competitive run monthly. I have no excuse other than my work schedule and finances got in the way. I have however continued to improve on my personal best on my 2.5 mile run each month. I have also been able to utilize down time at work to do some travel workouts of the day. I have had to set that aside because of my studying for an EMT exam this upcoming Friday.

I am hoping to succeed in scoring in the top 10 and securing myself an invitation to the physical agility portion of the EMT exam. I really want to see what I've accomplished and more than anything I want to prove that I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself. After successful completion of the written exam and physical agility I will be invited to an oral interview where I will then either be selected from a small number of candidates or I will be asked to try again at a later date.

All in all things are looking up and I am trying to keep a positive vision of my goals!!!