Inspiration...

This week has been crazy busy for me. I've also struggled to stay motivated to get up, complete my workouts, and reach for my goals. All those doubts of the past reared their ugly heads again and I found myself feeling like I would never reach my weight loss and fitness goals. I really needed something to inspire me and get me back into that "no excuses" mindframe. Then, a friend of mine posted this video to his YouTube page. This did the trick...



This truly touched my heart. It also touched my spirit and gave me exactly that inspiration I was looking for. I've been watching alot of YouTube weight loss journey videos lately and I noticed a pattern. So many people, mostly females, said that their goals are to look like Beyonce, Britney, etc... While there is nothing wrong with admiring these ladies, trying to "look like them" is a whole different story. The media has painted such a narrow picture of what beauty looks like. Not all of us were meant to be a size 0. We don't all have the exact same body structure. The whole goal should be to get healthy and be happy with yourself. The first step to doing that is to start loving yourself they way you are now. I spent so much time hating how I looked that I've become consumed with the idea of having my body look a certain way instead of focusing on what's most important...Getting healthy... So, from now on my goal is to lose weight not because I want to fit into a pair of skinny jeans, but because I don't want to continue to be at risk for diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Looking fierce will just be an added bonus!
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