There is nothing like a dose of truth from a 4 year old

Tonight my 4 year old daughter was having a hard time going to sleep. She told me that he would like to sleep with her, but didn't have a bed big enough for she and I to sleep in. She sleeps in a toddler bed do I didn't think anything of it. She went on to say that Daddy and her could both sleep in her bed because he is smaller than me, but someday I will be small like daddy and be able to fit; until then we would have to lie on the floor. Ouch. She was right, and I don't feel bad. I feel motivated. I had been feeling really good about my progress as I should, but I got a brutally honest, no bad intentions message that I still have a long way to go to my goal. I hear ya G, loud and clear. Mommy's going back to the gym tomorrow. You are one of my reasons for doing this, and a reason to keep it going. I love you!

"it's not easy for anyone or else everyone would do it"

"it's not easy for anyone or else everyone would do it" is what one of the trainers from the gym I work out at wrote on her blog. This really spoke to me when I read it. I have been pushing myself to get to the gym 6 days a week for 3 weeks now. Some days I look forward to going, but days like today are hard. I am sore; my shin splints are coming back, I have knee pain and I think I'm getting a cold. It was not easy to get to the gym, but I had to tell myself that I would go easy, and if I wanted to leave after 20 minutes I could. I had to remind myself of Edie's blog post. Some days even she doesn't want to get her workout in, and she is an excellent athlete! If it were easy, everyone WOULD do it. Somedays you gave to show up yourself and everyone else who would have stayed home. Only I can keep me from my goals. No one said this will be easy, but I know other days will be better and so will I.

Just Do It!

A week after the new year I started eating right and going to the gym 6 days a week. That was last week. I was full of energy and couldn't wait to start fighting for my health! Starting this week was a little different. I woke up this morning sore, and the only motivation I had was to stay in bed for the rest of the morning.

I asked M (my husband) to give me some words of encouragement and his response was "Just do it.". It struck me. For so many years I just heard it as the Nike slogan, and never really put any more thought into it or what "it" was. Today I got it. It was just what I needed to hear, and it was so simple!

As I got dressed, my body ached and I had to remind myself "Just do it". I continued doing this in my head until I got to the gym and through my workout. It helped me to keep going through the hour of strength training and cardio sets that Skip had put together for me. Nearing the end of the session I was so out of breath and sweating like all the delicious butter I had eaten to get me to this weight was literally melting off if me. I asked for one more set. When skip shouted the beautiful words "Session's over!", my first thought was:Just did it! And it felt good.