You are an amazing person, a select individual who does what most of their friends will not.
Yes you. You are the one at the gym, working your butt off, coming in day after day and putting yourself first and doing what needs to be done.
This is the hard way, but the best way.
The easy way is to stay overweight and miserable long enough that you can lower your expectations in life so much that you accept where you are as where you will always be, as where you are meant to be, or worse, as who you are.
But you're different. You took charge. You made a choice. You are doing what needs to be done.
I was working out last night, and I have to say, I was having a bit of an off day. My day was long. I was late for work. I hadn't eaten all day, so I crammed a Ham and Swiss sandwich from Tim Hortons down right before class. A part for my dirt bike wasn't in yet so I was cranky. My lawn desperately needed to be cut. I had a lot of work to catch up on. My calves were sore. It was a nice day I didn't feel like going indoors. I was out of gas. And to top it all off, I forgot my workout shirt.
But you know what I realized about half way through my work out? I was now happy and proud that I still came in.
Even though I knew I wasn't going as hard as I could have been, not by a long shot, I was happy that I still did what I had committed to do. I stuck with my goals. I stuck with the workout. I did what I had to do. And you know what? Today I feel much better about myself knowing I did, as oppose to feeling guilty for not having had gone in.
Then I started thinking, I wonder, in an average class, how many are feeling like I was? I mean, if there are 50 people in a class, there has to be at least a couple that would really rather be elsewhere.
Then I realized that lately I've been doing a whole lot of writing about those NOT reaching their goals, when I should be praising those that are coming out, because we all have bad days, and they may be coming out on one of those days.That's impressive. That’s what separates the quitters and the achievers. That's what builds character. That's what builds confidence that you can do what you set your mind to and that you don't get pushed off the track easily.
So, I just want to take a moment and sincerely congratulate those coming out and taking care of their bodies, their mind and their health. It's sad to say but too many people take the easy way out. But you don't, not you. Be proud. You did it, you are doing it.
Keep up the great work.
To your success,
Al