The new year is still young....just six weeks in...but I realize that many people who made resolutions for their health have now dropped out of the race....it happens. Been there, done that too many times myself. I talk a lot about proper mindset, it is so important what we allow to enter into our brain, and I think sometimes we don't realize how much negative worms its way in. Over the last ten months or so, I have made great strides in improving what I allow to pass through my head. Wow...how easy it is to focus on the wrong things. The old children's rhyme 'sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me' is really a misnomer of sorts, because once those opposing vibes enter in, it gets 'entertained'....then it fills the heart and exits through the mouth...at that point the damage is done. 'Can't' is a big stumbling block...'I don't want to', 'I don't like'...very negative. 'Can't' has to become 'can'...'don't' needs to just 'do'....the impossible becomes possible when 'I'm' with the program. Nobody said it'd be easy, but it will be worth it.
2014 was a big year of change for me from a health standpoint. It took me just past the first quarter of the year to 'get with it', but once the ball got rolling, it picked up speed and I accomplished what I would never have thought possible. I have come so close about three times during my adult life...so, it took me a half century of time to 'get real' with it and truly make it a lifestyle...I am now on the path of no turning back. I am here and available to give you encouragement and assistance in any way I am able. Please, don't give up. The journey that is before you may be a long one, and there may be many twists and turns in the road, but stay the course and you will succeed. What I am doing and how I am doing it now will get the results I desire because I am giving it no other choice...it has to come. I push and challenge myself pretty much every time I work out. I keep it in the forefront of my mind why I am doing this. I'm human, there are times I'm tired and I think, 'I just can't do this, I just don't have the energy.' Rest is important, and you have to be careful to not over-do. But when it comes to the routine of what you need to do, don't let laziness block the path.
I have several friends that I text positive quotes to each day because I think it is good to start the day on an upbeat note, it can set the mood for the entire day. It also encourages me and keeps me on track. There are many times that the best workout I have at the gym was one I really didn't want to do. I have made it a practice to overcome the 'can't' and 'don't' in my mind by having a little mental chat with myself. "Ok, Anita...you can do this....you have goals...if you don't do this, you won't reach your goals....if you don't do this now, then when?" If you let it slide, it'll be easier to make an 'excuse' or have some 'reason' the next time to not do it then either. But once I get in there and get going, it just seems to take off. Then when I'm finished I am so glad I just did it! So maybe you've fallen off the wagon here already...so what? Get up, dust yourself off, and start up with it again.
There is still the whole rest of the year to be successful with this....just think, by Spring you can be well on your way, and by Summer? Wow....the results! You will be so glad you did! It can be a struggle and many times we feel like we're fighting a losing battle...but stick with it. My motto is, 'never give up, never give in, never back down.' Henry David Thoreau said, "what you get by achieving your goals isn't as important as what you become by achieving your goals." So, exercise, eat right and be healthy...2015 is going to be the year for you!
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