4:00AM
I went to bed last night not sure of what I wanted to write. That is rare for me! My mind is usually full of ideas.
Then I woke up this morning at 4:00 ready to crank out my cardio.
Still no ideas.
I went through my usual morning routine, so the ideas should have been swirling. Because let me just tell you, my mind is never at rest!!!
But…. did I go through my usual routine?
HMM…
Let me back track just a bit.
The alarm went off at 4:00 this morning and I bounced out of bed.
Wait a minute.
Even the perkiest of girls doesn’t bounce out of bed a 4:00AM!
While I do wake up with a smile on my face, I usually contemplate why I am up SOOO freaking early. (Just for a second!)
But I didn’t do that today…or yesterday….or….well, you get the picture!
So I was contemplating why my diet and exercise program is so easy to follow these days, while it should be extra hard. Hard because I am REALLY buckling down.
And it didn’t take very long to come up with a reason. What I am doing has purpose.
I’ve been at goal so long now that I had forgotten that feeling you get when you are striving to make changes.
AND…I forgot the excitement that comes when you see those changes.
I stay the same weight pretty much all the time now, but there is that extra few pounds that you know you can get off if you really give it your all.
And that’s what I’ve been doing.
That struggle to lose and make changes wasn’t as bad as I recall, because I got to feel like this for two solid years, and I would do it all over again.
If you are struggling to lose weight or gain muscle, just consider what it brings to your workouts, and that is purpose.
And that alone is a reason to bounce out of bed any day.
