Maintaining Focus
It is sometimes hard to maintain focus on your goals while the rest of the world is doing its thing. There are so many distractions that sometimes they can overwhelm you. There are a few things that help me out when I see that I am losing focus on my fitness goals. One of them is simply looking in the mirror seeing where I might be slipping and trying to visualize what I want to look like. Another thing is actually checking out BodySpace and the profiles of people who have made alot of positive changes with their bodies which have even clearly changed their outlook on their lives. Funny enough I seem to get a little more inspiration from the women because alot of the guys on here started from a different place. There are a few that were fat and lost weight and built muscle which is where I`m coming from but its hard to relate to a guy who used to be skinny and then bulked up gained muscle. Most of the women seem to come from a I used to be fat and now I want to tighten up. The women, not surprisingly are also a little more expressive with how they were and what they want to accomplish. The third thing I tend to do to keep focus is to just psyche myself into it. I tell myself to get off my ass and hit the gym. At the end of the day no one can do this for you. People can encourage you but in the end you alone are the person who has to live with your body. You are the one that either succumbs to the laziness, lack of desire or pushes through it to do what you want. I am at a point where I can actually see progression. I see that I can gain the body I want, but I can also see myself reverting to the old ways. The trick is making sure that doesn`t happen. So I have to Maintain focus. Its not even an option!
August 19, 2008 at 7:01 am
It really is a challege to seem like we are foreigners or something when everything around us is what we have to try and over come. You are right about focus.