A long time ago I took an abstract algebra class which had a lot of high school math teachers in it who were working on their master's degrees. One day a couple of them were making comments that seemed so incredulous to me as to remain indelible to this day. There were actually posing the question, "what is this stuff good for?"

Those were the last people in the world who I thought would pose such a question especially since they were teachers and presumably would have been faced with that very question in their own classes. I didn't get it. I mean, here we were taking a graduate level class and learning the fundamentals of mathematics, in many cases the very essence of mathematics yet they had no appreciation for such thing.

Hi, I've been a member for 5 days now. I haven't posted anything or even started my workout because I was sick from the first day. I had a flu a few days back and tried so hard to get better, so I can begin this program.

I know it's a bad start, and unexpected too. I hate taking medicines, but I did this time because I wanted shift recovery. I feel so much better today, I know I can begin my cardio tomorrow.

I may have lost a week's time, but I have yet to lost my determination to succeed. I know if I'm going to get anywhere, I have to put a lot of effort into it. And I know I can, because I want to, because I have to, because I need to.