Off the Laurels

I can justify anything.  A cookie, a nap, a break from exercise.  You see I am not too far away from an incredibly unmotivated self.  It was only a year ago that I weighed in at 279 pounds and frankly exercise was the enemy(I weighed in this morning at 231).  I had been to the gym on and off and always knew I was strong, but kinda lied to myself about being in shape.  It was especially evident my first day on a snowboard this past winter when I had a ton more control over my body.
So today I came to a crossroads.  I had every intention of taking the bike out for a spin today, but as I lay in bed thinking through my day I came to the halting conclusion...there is no time to ride today-you have one option-run.  Normally I would have already been on the road but yesterday I put in a 5.7 mile run at a 9:28 pace which is a marked improvement over the 10:00 pace I have been pushing.  But I thought after my run yesterday I was going to have to take a couple of days off to rest them runnin legs.

So my battle for the morning began.  I have Liam till noon and the only bit of exercise he and I can do together is run/ride.  We picked up this great jogging stroller last year which has been awesome.  Right until I strained my calf muscle last fall I was putting in some regular mileage.
I called Chris and asked for some advice-he told me to go for it, so I did.  And as I ran I thought of the number of excuses just that morning I had come up with as to why I shouldn't run.  Then it kind of led me to think of other things that people makes excuses for.
I had a friend who in September noticed my weight loss and mentioned that she wished she had time for it.  Without thinking I looked at her and asked her "How long are you going to use that excuse?" She was taken aback and rightly so, but a month later I saw her and she let me know that my calling her out helped her get going with exercise.
You can make all the excuses you want as to why you should do it tomorrow.  Why you should exercise tomorrow, or start the new eating lifestyle tomorrow, or forgive that person tomorrow I will start reading my Bible tomorrow.  Just a bit of advice, if you keep putting things off till tomorrow-tomorrow will never come.
I ran because there is something in me the that is giving be a big boot in the rear and telling me to get of my laurels and get to living.

What are you putting off?

And in case you were wondering where the phrase "Resting on your laurels" comes from:
In the ancient Pythian games held at Delphi in Greece and regarded as second in importance only to the Olympics, the winner was crowned with a wreath of laurels, which has remained a symbol of victory or distinction to the present day. The adjective laureate means 'as if crowned with a laurel-wreath as a sign of special honour'. To rest on one's laurels is (ill-advisedly) to live off one's reputation or refrain from further effort because of satisfaction with what one has already achieved.
http://users.tinyonline.co.uk/gswithenbank/sayingsr.htm