Six things Dr. Seuss taught me about fitness.

Ahh People.

Im nothing if not filled with the self-care.

I appreciate how many of you who missed Monday’s show asked precisely how I related Seuss & fitness so please to enjoy my notes (the show clip is here).

A non-post if you will which, I hope, makes the slightest of Seussian-sense.

If not–you know where to find me.  I’ll be below in the comments awaiting yer whatwhat?!

• Did I ever tell you how lucky you are ? What I learned: Screw motivation. If we are physically capable of working out we are lucky. No matter how much we wanna whine or lament or moan about how bad we have it the simple fact we are ABLE to exercise makes us one of the lucky ones.  This MizFit says:  MOJO? SCHMOJO.

• And to think that I saw it on Mulberry Street . What I learned: Use your imagination. A lot. Liberally. Things are never as impossible or challenging as they may seem (or even as boring as they may initially appear). Get creative.  Choose to see life through the lens of WHERE CAN I SHOVE FITNESS INTO MY DAY? This book debunks the no time whine (creativity) & also reminds us never to listen to those who may scoff at our nontraditional methods (PLAYOUTS not “workouts” anyone?)

• The Sneeches What I learned: Dont waste time, energy (or money) worrying about what anyone else is doing! Is everyone joining a certain blog challenge? training for a marathon when you cant yet run a mile? WHO CARES. Focus on your own belly (literally & figuratively!) who cares what others are sporting on theirs.

• Pale Green Pants (AKA What was I Scared of? ) What I learned: Embrace fear. When we expose what we fear to the light of day 99.9% of the time we realize that there was nothing to fear in the first place!  All fears.  From fears of weight training (what if the guys at the gym laugh at me!) to ZUMBA (what if I look like a fool or if I cant get it?!) When examined many of our fears are pretty misplaced and we CAN CONQUER if we give ourselves the chance and take that first step.

• Horton Hatches the Egg What I learned: (Good gosh a ton from this one.) The importance of COMMITTING and not QUITTING. Period. No matter what. And a reminder about service being the rent we pay for living .  That helping others when they may not be ready, willing, or able to help themselves (heck, or even appreciative). Sit on their egg for them if need be and if nothing else youll get a fab helpers high.

• Oh, the places you’ll go! What I learned: Lots as we all did but what resonated for me was the notion avoidance does not work. We need to ‘face down our problems‘ as Seuss says.  It is only through feeling negative emotions we can work THROUGH and PAST THEM with minimal destructive behavior (be that behavior quitting working out, blowing our “diet,”  binging or WHATEVER). Dont think these dark times wont happen to you. They will. For sure. They happen to all of us & getting off our healthy living path and BACK ON is all part of the journey.

So there you have it.

None of what you’ve asked for (“what the heck is the story behind your Seuss-leg?!”) all of my notes (oooh which are a glimpse into my head & how my childlike brain works.  there is that!) & 100% raw & unedited.

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Edited to say: Oh people. I just saw this !! To know me in real life is to know I aspire to be Seussian. Prelutsky -like. Oh how I wish he’d finished this work…or, perhaps, that’s my next calling.