Commitment

Commitment. This small word means so much. If you make a commitment to your family you stick to it right? After all, you don’t want to let them down. If you make a commitment to get something done at work you make sure it gets done because if you didn’t it would look bad on you as an employee correct? Well working out and exercise takes just that… commitment. Without a commitment you may start off strong maybe working out 4 or even 5 days a week, eating all of your 5-6 small healthy meals a day, drinking all 8 glasses of water or more a day, and passing on the after dinner dessert. But after a while you start slipping. You might say to yourself, “Well I can skip the gym today. I did go yesterday after all.” And before you know it that one day has turned into a week, then a month. Then comes the dessert. “Well it IS Bob’s birthday. I can’t NOT have a piece of cake.” When all the while you don’t even really like Bob. But now that he has cake and you want some of it… he’s a “pretty good guy”. Without a commitment to a friend or family member or most importantly to yourself you’ll never achieve the goals you have planned. Commitment means going to the gym even when you don’t feel like it, eating more chicken because you know it’s healthier and leaner even though you can’t come up with a different way to cook it this time, passing on that piece of cake and just telling Bob happy birthday, and drinking that last bottle of water for the day. It’s squeezing in at least some type of exercise even though you’ve had a rough day and you just want to kick back and relax. Remember… working out helps relieve stress so go for a walk or a jog after that long day and unwind. Take out those co-worker frustrations on some quality weight training. And at the end of the day not only will you have less stress and sleep better, but you’ll feel better about being one step closer to your goals. When you first decided to get in better shape do you remember the person you pictured in your head? The smaller, healthier, fit version of yourself? That person wouldn’t quit! They know this isn’t just something that you can do for a little while and expect amazing results. That there is no magic pill you can take. That this is a lifestyle change. And until you realize that and make that commitment to yourself your goals are way out of reach, because you can’t reach for the stars when you’re constantly looking down at that cake!