At the same time, when it comes to your training and diet, you should never give up.  Everything you do is in your own control.  You can make changes where necessary.  You can eat more or eat less.  You can workout harder.  You can shape the outcome that you will get by your own actions.  When this is the case, never give up. 

Giving up is a permanent thing.  In a relationship, if one of the parties gives up, the relationship is over.  In a work situation, when the employee or the boss gives up, the employee is likely not long for their job.  It is likely that the act of giving up will lead to permanent consequences.

If you give up on your training and diet, the best you can do is the body you have now.  However, it is likely to be worse than that.  You are likely to gain more weight and get more out of shape by giving up.  It could even become a permanent problem (death) if you're not careful.

What can work for your dating life can work in many other areas of your life.  I recently had a co-worker who's girlfriend of several years broke up with him.  Apparently he wasn't the nicest guy when they got into arguments.  He would say things that he didn't really mean, but things that were extremely hurtful.  He told me some comments that I cannot publish here for fear of children reading them.  Apparently she had finally had enough one day and told him she couldn't date him any longer.  She was still interested in having him as her friend, just not her boyfriend.  He was quite upset and was asking me for advice.  I asked him if he knew where he'd gone wrong and he said he did.  I told him to tell his ex where he had gone wrong and to ask for her forgiveness.  I then told him to be patient.  I told him to act the way he did when they first got together, but to be sincere.  I told him to have patience.  If he changed his behavior and was able to show her, she'd likely come back to him.  It took 3 months, but recently they got back together.

Patience in physique transformation is essential.  I personally do not believe that most people transform in a 12 week period.  I think it takes longer than that and requires alot of hard work and patience.  You can't expect results too fast.  You have to be happy with the small victories.  Use patience to your advantage here.  If you are patient you will not be upset when the results don't just roll in. 

Most people lack patience.  They jump from one diet program to another diet program because they feel like they are gaining fat or that they are not getting results.  They don't have the patience to stick to the plan they set for themselves.

I got up and had a protein shake and laid back in bed.  I eventually did some reading and fell back asleep at 5:00 a.m. but just for a little while. 

The rest of the day went as planned.  I had some work to do catching up on paperwork and things.  It was just an uneventful day.

I learned a few important lessons today while journaling.  I am not yet ready to share what those are, but they will have an impact on my future missions.

I watched I Think I Love My Wife today.  That is a pretty funny movie.  It is all about a guy who is married with two kids, but, in his words, he is bored.  He flirts with a former fling, but doesn't let it get beyond flirting (at least not until almost the end of the movie).  During the course of the movie the main character learns alot about himself and his marriage.  In the end he figures it all out and all is good.  There are just some hilarious lines in the movie.

Funny Quote #1:

Richard Cooper: [from trailer] Chicken again? I'm losin' my finger-lickin' mind over here!
[moves to leave]
Brenda Cooper: Where you goin'?
Richard Cooper: To get some duck!

Funny Quote #2:

Richard Cooper: You know, some people say life is short and that you could get hit by a bus at any moment and that you have to live each day like it's your last. Bullshit. Life is long. You're probably not gonna get hit by a bus. And you're gonna have to live with the choices you make for the next fifty years.