I have been thinking a lot lately about my family! Not just my own immediate family consisting of children and a husband; but also, my siblings, parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces and nephews!
This post is for YOU!!!
Anyone else struggling to find motivation is free to read and enjoy as well!
As you know, I have waged this war on fat for many years. I have tried many different solutions in an attempt to get healthy including sweating it out at the gym, giving myself shots so I didn't feel hungry, hypnosis, fad diets, pills etc.
One thing I never did was STOP trying! I may have lost my motivation from time to time, but...It always somehow made its way back to try..... ONE MORE TIME!
Recently, I have spent a great deal of time worrying about the health and condition of my family! I love each of you very much and do not wish on any of you the consequence of my Dad. When he had his stroke, many of us found motivation to get healthier and took steps to make healthier lifestyle changes.....some stayed with it (HUGE applause to you guys, you know who you are) , others no so much, myself included : (. I am not trying to make this sound like a lecture...rather, I am calling you out, issuing a challenge....hopefully making my point without offending!
I realize life gets busy! I realize it is hard to FIND that motivation to start! I realize that you may have a young family to care for, or have jobs that require lots of time and attention! It is easy to wait until we FIND the time! It gets so easy for life to run away with itself and before we know it, all our good intentions have slipped through our fingers. You know what they say about good intentions???
Motivation is NOT FOUND!!!
Time is not FOUND.....rather, it is MADE!!!
MAKE THE TIME!!!
MAKE THE MOTIVATION!!!
If we can MAKE excuses, we CAN MAKE the time!!!
It's easy to say, "I am going to be fat because of genetics!" I once heard that our bodies are like libraries....we have lots and lots of books (genes) we can choose to read from. We may have a book on obesity in our libraries, but it doesn't mean we have to take it off the shelves and read it! We can be aware of its presence and take great care to avoid that book! We can take the book off the shelf next to it about exercise and healthy lifestyles instead. We can read it, devour it and live it! We may not be able to be a perfectly skinny person, and our weight may go up and down a little, but if we take that time to consciously make healthier choices, our hearts will be stronger, minds clearer and hopefully we will live healthy, active lives! More importantly, we will be around to enjoy our families, become grandparents, great-grandparents and find joy in living!
Hopefully I have your attention now! Hopefully there is some desire for change stirring within your soul! So, now lets be realistic! My fault has lied in the fact I wanted results NOW! I have always been one to work super, duper hard so I would drop 7 pounds a week!
Well, from experience, I can tell you that is NOT the way to go! That method backfired time and time and time again! One thing I am learning is that persistence, and dedication is the way to go!
* Take one step at a time!
* Don't try to change everything at once!
* Don't get upset and give up when things aren't going your way!
* Be forgiving to your own imperfections and missteps!
* CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY!
* Pain is temporary, QUITTING last FOREVER!!!
* Love yourself enough to realize when the work gets HARD that YOU ARE WORTH IT!
* Find tools that will help you get healthier and USE them! Everyone's may be different, some may be drastic, others subtle....regardless, find YOUR tools that will help you become a success!
And....NEVER, EVER, stop trying!
I love you all!
Well, from experience, I can tell you that is NOT the way to go! That method backfired time and time and time again! One thing I am learning is that persistence, and dedication is the way to go!
* Take one step at a time!
* Don't try to change everything at once!
* Don't get upset and give up when things aren't going your way!
* Be forgiving to your own imperfections and missteps!
* CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY, CONSISTENCY!
* Pain is temporary, QUITTING last FOREVER!!!
* Love yourself enough to realize when the work gets HARD that YOU ARE WORTH IT!
* Find tools that will help you get healthier and USE them! Everyone's may be different, some may be drastic, others subtle....regardless, find YOUR tools that will help you become a success!
And....NEVER, EVER, stop trying!
I love you all!
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