So two nights ago I started incorporating exercise into my journey again. Not gonna lie, I disliked EVERY minute of it! Each rep pushed me harder and harder and I just kept praying for it to be done. BUT as I was doing it I kept the vision of "My Goal" in my head and pushed myself to not quit (cause trust me I almost did several times - and would have in the past). I am NOT going to allow myself to this time. I am glad I have the CMT Fest as it is giving me the motivation to keep pushing through the sweat and tears.
Tonight I was dreading doing my workout. It's "strength training night" and I had a busy day at work so I put it off as long as I could. 9:00 pm rolled around and I still hadn't done it. I said to myself, "One night won’t hurt if I miss". In the past I would have followed through and pass on the night but this time I had "Visions of my goal floating in my head!” I decided enough is enough; I need to quit my old habits and DO THIS! I hauled my butt off the couch and started to work out. About 3/4's of the way through my workout I wanted to give up again (and I sure came close to it). I was staring down at my arm with my weight in my hand and my "BELIEVE" tattoo on my arm and then a thought came into my head. I was lifting a 10 lb. weight, and it clicked that last week I hit my "10 lb. loss mark". I was thinking how heavy this 10 lb. weight felt after the 2nd rep and it dawned on me that THIS heaviness was what my body just let go of last week, the pain I was feeling by doing this next rep was the pain my body was feeling every day (and is feeling from the numerous other 10 lbs.). With that, my goal in my mind and the reminder of my tattoo on my arm to believe in myself, I ROCKED the last set!
Our success is determined by our motivation. Our motivation is determined by how we look at the situation. We can make ALL the excuses in the world on why we should just skip one work out, or one meal of counting points, but this leads us back to our OLD habits and our old habits was what got us here in the first place. I KNOW tomorrow night I likely wont want to work out again, BUT this time I will remind myself how heavy that 10lb weight was!
NEVER give up on your dreams we ALL have the power to manifest them!
Another little "Share"
I've prayed for YEARS for help to lose weight. I guess I thought by some miraculous miracle the Universe would just melt this weight away. What I didn't see was that the Universe WAS helping me all along as every little step I took has been a missing piece in this wellness puzzle and now they are starting to line up. The Universe also put people on my path to help me find recourses to get help to lose the weight, I just have to take the steps and do the work!
Tonight I was dreading doing my workout. It's "strength training night" and I had a busy day at work so I put it off as long as I could. 9:00 pm rolled around and I still hadn't done it. I said to myself, "One night won’t hurt if I miss". In the past I would have followed through and pass on the night but this time I had "Visions of my goal floating in my head!” I decided enough is enough; I need to quit my old habits and DO THIS! I hauled my butt off the couch and started to work out. About 3/4's of the way through my workout I wanted to give up again (and I sure came close to it). I was staring down at my arm with my weight in my hand and my "BELIEVE" tattoo on my arm and then a thought came into my head. I was lifting a 10 lb. weight, and it clicked that last week I hit my "10 lb. loss mark". I was thinking how heavy this 10 lb. weight felt after the 2nd rep and it dawned on me that THIS heaviness was what my body just let go of last week, the pain I was feeling by doing this next rep was the pain my body was feeling every day (and is feeling from the numerous other 10 lbs.). With that, my goal in my mind and the reminder of my tattoo on my arm to believe in myself, I ROCKED the last set!
Our success is determined by our motivation. Our motivation is determined by how we look at the situation. We can make ALL the excuses in the world on why we should just skip one work out, or one meal of counting points, but this leads us back to our OLD habits and our old habits was what got us here in the first place. I KNOW tomorrow night I likely wont want to work out again, BUT this time I will remind myself how heavy that 10lb weight was!
NEVER give up on your dreams we ALL have the power to manifest them!
Another little "Share"
I've prayed for YEARS for help to lose weight. I guess I thought by some miraculous miracle the Universe would just melt this weight away. What I didn't see was that the Universe WAS helping me all along as every little step I took has been a missing piece in this wellness puzzle and now they are starting to line up. The Universe also put people on my path to help me find recourses to get help to lose the weight, I just have to take the steps and do the work!
Thanks to one of my "go to gals" for reminding me to "Keep Believing" in my dreams