I dunno, Snorkelfan. For me, it was last summer's Mexico trip where I was uncomfortable with all the concrete levels at the villa - step-up, step-down, up again... Then the lack of total ease under the water - where I've always been a fish.
I played hard that trip and came home about 10 pounds lighter and feeling 100 times better. That got me going, and about 30 pounds later, I'm not looking back.
Another diver and I talked at length during that trip. She'd lost about 50 pounds over the past couple of years. I'd have never guessed it. She was athletic and energetic - always taking out the kayak or strapping on her walking sandals in search of adventure.
She said she'd come to the conclusion that she HAD to find ways to work out at home so she could sustain the physicality to dive as she wants. It was a bellweather for my fitness.
When my drive flags, I often hear Peggy saying, "I had to find SOME exercise to do at home that would keep me in diving shape." That's a major motivation to me, too, and I push on.
I hope you find your starting push
and join us in that dive-ready state very soon! It's the best thing I've ever done - still - after 18 years and about 1300 dives.
So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
- Mark Twain
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. -Andre Gide
Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
Narc'd is good. Bends is bad. - Angel's shirt
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