Remember that only you can cause change in your life
You can’t cause change in someone else’s life. You can give them the tools, you can provide the example of what can be done, but you can’t force them to do something their heart really isn’t into.
If that were the case, my father would be on this journey with me; he isn’t, and I am coming to terms that all I can hope and pray for is that he sees me getting healthy and fit, and it stirs a passion inside him.
Believe me, the last thing I wanted to do this afternoon was work out. In fact, when Tink was driving home, I even fell asleep in the car. But go and do my workout I did. I pushed myself. I strained. I gave it everything I had. When I finally stepped off that elliptical machine this evening, I knew I’d won the battle. This time. But there’s always another battle to be fought. Always another round to go. Life is a never ending cycle of ups and downs.
Life will throw every temptation in the book at you. Depending on how firm you are in your resolve to make a change depends on how you react to those temptations.
Remember what I posted about reason WHY you wanted to do Body For Life? If your convictions are strong enough, you will make it. You’ll keep in your mind’s eye that you are getting fit, you are getting healthy, you are losing weight and toning up. You will remember that your clothes are fitting looser, that the person you see in the mirror is fuller of life and joy. All these things are possible, but only if you do them for yourself. No one else can do them for you, just as you cannot do them for anyone else.
Bonnie Raitt sang a song back some time ago saying “I can’t make you love me, if you don’t….”
The same can be said about sticking to “the plan.” You’re the only one who has the power to make it a reality for yourself.
Do yourself proud.
