you can make it if you try

“Frustration is the first step towards improvement. I have no incentive to improve if I’m content with what I can do and if I’m completely satisfied with my pace, distance and form as a runner. It’s only when I face frustration and use it to fuel my dedication that I feel myself moving forwards.” ~ John Bingham

I love the first sentence in the above quote, "Frustration is the first step towards improvement." There truly is no incentive to improve if you are content with what you can do or are satisfied with where you are. And frustration is exactly where I've found myself lately.

I have recently found myself in a place I haven't been in in a very long time, struggling with emotions and strong holds that have not controled me or my eating habits in what seems like forever. Yet the pressure of some things have made me mentally, physically and emotionally exhausted and feeling like such a failure where my weight loss and fitness are concerned. I've found emotions swaying me towards old eating habits I thought I'd laid to rest a LONG time ago. When I first began this weight loss journey I was so gung-ho about being healthy and skinny and becoming the person I wanted to be I was completely unstoppable - nothing seemed impossible. I made my health, my fitness and my relationship with myself priority 1 and I enjoyed every single moment of it. Yet somewhere along the way there was a shift and slowly my focus slid away from that to all the wonderful things that were happening around me. Don't get me wrong - this slip wasn't caused by bad emotions...it came from celebrating life and thinking I was at that point where I didn't have to work as hard at my fitness or slack where my eating was concerned. WRONG!!! Slowly I have slipped into those old patterns of laziness and flat out skippping workouts. So I have to ask myself....how do you get back on track? I've come so far and I certainly don't want to lose any ground. How do you find the motivation that I miss and have somehow lost along the way? How do I get my "fitness - mojo" back? The key is all in......MY MIND

You Can Make it if You Try
Max Steingart

You can't be beaten at anything, until you quit in your own mind. There is no failure except in your not trying. There is no defeat except from within.

You have no really insurmountable barrier except your own inherent weakness of purpose. The odds are with you if you keep on trying.

Consider yourself on a very long journey. Sustain your personal vision of success until you achieve it. In the end, you can only fail if you don't try.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is. Success is a road that's paved with perseverance.
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SO....I'm pressing on.... I'll keep you posted...