What do you feel when you think of the word ‘journey’?
I bring it up because all of us are so focused on the final destination, right?
If you don’t lose the weight you wanted to lose this week, you are disappointed? And you speak harshly to yourself saying that ” you didn’t do enough, or the meal you had hurt you more than you expected and you should not have had it … and will not have it ever again, or you wonder if you are good enough to ever get there and that maybe this is just not for you?!!” 🙂
I ask for your weekly measurements, and will ask that of you every week! But not to point what you did wrong, and rather, to point out the WORK this journey takes and THE LESSONS you’ve learned through it! Do you feel like you are learning? Do you feel like you take something from every day and make your journey better? Or do you just go through the motions life you are on auto pilot?
The only time you should be concerned with your journey is if you are not learning more and more each week!
It’s the lessons you learn that will change YOUR LIFESTYLE.
It’s the way you approach each day, the attitude you GROW to have, the positive outlook you chose to take every day — because you know …. GROWTH IS A PROCESS … and there will be many GROWING PAINS, but that is WHEN YOU should REJOICE the most!
When you are at your lowest, with most pain and struggle and even tears you in eyes, that’s when you know you’ve succeeded! Because the mental push, the emotional low, the muscle burn … all of that means that you are breaking in pieces and REBUILDING STRONGER AND MORE BALANCED!
Muscles can strengthen, grow and improve without first being broken in pieces! And that is really painful! It makes you feel like you want to quit!
The same thing is true in your entire LIFESTYLE CHANGE JOURNEY! It’s gonna feel uncomfortable and painful, and fear is going to come in, and doubt is going to overtake …. and you will want to quit many times over …. just to hear the voice that says … ‘you can’t fail if you commit to never quit!!!!!” And stay there, with the pain and struggle and tell yourself …. I’ve got this …. I am stronger than my fear, I am braver than my doubts, I am MEANT TO DO THIS! I AM MEANT TO LIVE THE LIFE I DESIGN FOR MYSELF! AND I CHOSE TO MAKE IT HEALTHY, HAPPY AND BALANCED LIFE!
So ENJOY THE JOURNEY!! It’s should feel like play! It should feel like RECREATION!
Leave a Reply