It's About the Journey, Not the Destination

I recorded myself working out today.....YIKES.

It's not the first time I've done it, but it certainly has been a while since I've last done it (when I first started my challenge). Let's just say that I really don't recommend it to people who are first starting out, or to those who have very high expectations for themselves. If you have an established positive self-image, or are looking for ways to improve it (and are confident in your efforts) then yeah. You might be able to handle watching the playback. Me? I can handle it. Watching my flabby belly flop along to the music (I say that with love, AND it is fact, not harshness, speaking) actually provides me with the extra motivation I need to keep going.

When I'm in beast mode (GRRRRR!), I divulge myself into false pretenses of what I actually look like when I'm working out. I thank God for this. Lol. I would much rather like to believe that I look 50-60 pounds lighter, and equally emanate the men and women on the disc I'm following than to have a giant mirror or recorded video showing me what I ACTUALLY look like doing the workouts. If this were the case every day, I'd likely fail. The IMPORTANT aspect in all of this is not what I look like doing these ball-busting moves. It's the fact that I was DOING them. Dudes, I keep up with the hot chics and the ripped dudes, despite my size. I may have only lost 11 pounds in the time that I've been doing these workouts (I had a lazy-ish second month. So shoot me), but I FEEL phenomenal. It is not destination that is important, which TOO MANY people fail to recognize. It is the journey, you guys! Yeah, who wouldn't love to have a rockin' hot bod, but THAT is just a destination. What you learn along the way, what you develop inside of yourself to get there, learning about how strong you REALLY are, is all priceless. I actually think it's more important that reaching the goal itself. The payoff off is self-esteem, self respect, pride in oneself, and being all around happy! I have a balance I was lacking throughout my whole life, just by simply deciding that I deserved to treat myself BETTER.

It's worth the work, you guys. It's WORTH kicking yourself in the butt for. It is WORTH the sweat, the tears, the ache, the pain.

Go get your future, you guys. Grab a hold of it, and steer it where YOU want it to go. Stop holding yourself back. And yes....it's YOU that keeps you from getting where you desire to be.

1) STOP THAT!

2) Go get the you you've always wanted.