You Tube Tuesday - Special Edition
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at 8:02AM I know I put away the whole "You Tube Tuesday" thing but this clip moved me so much I needed to share it with you all.
Every year I tell myself that this is the year I am going to get my act together, lose weight, and start being really healthy! And by around March, every year, I feel I have failed and just give up.
After I did the Tour de Cure I felt really stupid. Like pulling that off was dumb luck. People who knew I did it would ask me how long it took me to finish and I would embarassingly tell them and feel like a schmuck. Constantly I find I am defending myself with how hard the hills were, that my blood sugar was over 400 at the beginning, and that it was not the distance or endurance but my muscles cramping that slowed me down but everyone just looks at me like I should have never even tried it. Like I am the fat ass I have always been and will always be. It's what I tell myseld all the time so it only valadates it.
And here I was thinking that after I would want to be all gung ho and into riding all the time. After all the conversations I have had I have just wanted to just give up.
Then I saw this clip...
Reader Comments (16)
I don't even have words after watching that video and I'm fixin' to do the ugly cry. Thank you for sharing that with us. Take heart - and never give up.
Wow, thanks George. You'd better shape up or we won't make it together into that retirement home.
I posted this video on my blog too. I can't watch it without crying!! and....you are NOT a schmuck! I am so impressed with your accomplishment. I'm not sure I could do it at all.
Sweet Jesus, what an inspiration...YOU can do it, I can do it, WE CAN do it. We just have to want it bad enough and this man surely did.
Thanks for sharing.
I saw this in FB yesterday and thought it was really amazing. It is a great reminder to keep going and not give up.
I hope it's okay that I reposted this video on my blog. I gave you credit and linked back here. Thanks so much for sharing this today!
George,
It doesn't matter if you rode one mile or a hundred miles, you rode! Believe me, I understand about the cramps and the running out of breath. I live in a mountain community. There's a two mile trail that loops past my house. The trail has one uphill stretch that I still cannot ride up without stopping several times. Some day it might happen, then again maybe not. I'll tell you one thing about it, it's still on helluva workout and that's all that matters.
You rode. You climbed some bridges. You had to stop and rest or walk but, you know what? You never gave up. That, my friend, is what it's all about, not giving up.
Don't stop, don't feel stupid. Your body will thank you and your loved ones will thank you.
Be proud that you did the ride! I never once thought when I saw that you'd DONE it, "How long did it take?"
You did it and I was happy for you.
"It's not about the finish time, it's about the finish line". It's about accomplishments and the rewarding feeling one gets.
Beautiful video. Truth, you're never too old or out of shape to find your happy healthy place.
George, this is amazing. Thank you for sharing, I am definitely passing this one on!
My admiration for you is because of how hard it is for you. I think that you should look in the mirror at yourself and be tremendously proud.
Thanks for the video.
What an inspirational video, George!
oh george, i can't even imagine that ANYONE was judging you like you said. sometimes the voices in our own heads are louder than anything anyone else can say.
you are a freaking BADASS for finishing that ride. it's all a journey. maybe some day you will use pics from your ride at the beginning of your own inspirational video that i will post on my blog. <3
We can do this.
yo, first of all, congrats for finishing it. whether you had luck on your side or not, you did it. second of all, WOW. it is hard to exercise with a blood sugar of 400. i couldn't imagine doing a completely new/hard distance of activity at 400. i exercise pretty regularly (bike commute 9.5 miles round trip 3 days/wk + walking, occasional run/basketball) and if i'm 400 i skip it (cuz i feel like crap and also worry about my body). if i'm 250-300, it is waaay harder and i get a lot more muscle cramps. so that is a good excuse. third of all, you don't need any excuse. you wanted to do it and you did it, who cares about time at this point. if people are judging you that is totally on them & their character, not on you.
here's to this being the first bike ride of many!
I was jumping for joy at the return of YTT (even though I know it's a special edition)!
This video makes me feel like I can do anything in the world. God Bless him for recording all of the "failures" along the way for all of us who come after him. We don't often get to see that part of someone's journey.
That's also why I think it is important for us to tell our whole stories of life with diabetes!