YES….. I DID IT!!!!!
I completed my goals this week!! I wanted to go to the gym atleast 3 days this week and I did it. It felt great being back in there with the machines and weights. I know some may think this isn’t a big deal, but for me it’s the biggest. I used to go the gym anywhere from 3-5 days a week. But going thru some things in my personal life has taken precedent and I haven’t consistently gone to the gym in over 6 months. It has been the hardest thing to just pack a bag and go! Just get off of work and go straight to the gym. But I felt like I couldn’t do it. It seem to hard. I wasn’t motivated enough. I wasn’t filled with the desire to want to fix or change anything about my habits. I just started eating more to make myself feel better about the issues I was dealing with. My clothes still fit, but I can see any definition I started to see in my arms and legs fading fast. But even that wasn’t enough to get me back to working on it. Cereal is my comfort food and I started eating it in droves…. but then I had to realize that I wasn’t hurting the other person, I was hurting myself. I am the one who would have to live with seeing my stomach sticking further and further out. I was the one would have to see my my thighs continue to balloon out every time I sat down. I had to realize that I am the ONLY one that can change my appearance. I have to be motivated enough to just get started. My eating habits have never been the best, but I knew how to eat and what to eat. I am still a work in progress on that one. But I am so proud of myself for getting back into the gym and getting the first step out of the way. The way it works for me is the more I work out, the better my eating habits become. I can only do so much, but I can do something. We only get one body and it’s up to me to make it the best body I can. I can’t expect results overnight or over 20 nights, but I have to be strong in my motivation, strong in my will to continue going, no matter what! Life is still not ideal and perfect for me as far as personal life, but maybe just maybe things will fall into line collectively…………………..
P.S. If anyone has any ideas for motiviation, they are greatly appreciated!
August 15, 2009 at 10:13 am
well done! i can totally appreciate where your coming from with getting to the gym it was the same for me. You managed to push yourself and that is the biggest acheivement you could have. Taking each day one day at a time is good and gradually changing ur eating habits is what i did to, i began to compromise more. The biggest motivation you have is each time u make it to the gym and complete a workout and as you change shape that will help motivate you even more. Also the people on here are so great without their comments and support i would be at a loss.