Well 1st off I'm down a total of 40 pounds with another 35 or so to go....and I've been through all the stuff one goes through in the process of creating a new body....I wanted to send a note about Commitment....
I remember a day in January-I was chatting with my besties and I said "I don't want to wear clothes from lane bryant no more...cute stuff but I just don't want to."
And as I sit on the cusp of my bday and THAT LB SHHHH DON'T FIT!! LOL.
I've given away almost half my closet and I basically have nothing that fits.
It doesn't happen overnight. It's challenging. It's a journey. It's a COMMITMENT.
Definition:
commitment  noun /kəˈmɪt.mənt/
[C or U] when you are willing to give your time and energy to something that you believe in, or a promise or firm decision to do something.
[C] something that you must do or deal with that takes your time.
(Definition of commitment noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
SO WHAT DO U BELIEVE IN??
I DECIDED TO BELIEVE IN ME....
The same way I believed in the PT that taught me how to walk...The same way I believed 50 Cent could sell 4 million copies in one month. The same way I believed in a lot of other things I've committed to.
This time I decided to believe in me.
I believe in the power of my body. I believe in my body's ability to change-to develop. And therefore I commit every day to my body.
Not to a scale.
Not to a dress size.
Not to an ideal weight number.
I'm committed to creating the healthiest body I can. I want to do my best for this package God gave me. So I've committed to that. I'm doing that. And come hell or high water....I will have my million dolla body....because my commitment makes me DO THE WORK.
And you know what....it ain't that hard when you are committed. It's Not.
Think of all the things you are committed to....it's not hard to do what those things require. Because you are committed.
I worked a 50 Cent Album on Thanksgiving-Did album stock checks on Christmas Eve-was at events on Christmas Day!! I believed, was passionate & committed...so I did the work. I was committed through lay offs of friends...committed while driving cross state through snow storms...committed when I knew I was under paid...when I hadn't slept in days...When I was in the 14th hour of a 20 hour day...So committed I showed up for events I'd planned AFTER they had laid me off...I WAS COMMITTED...(or slightly crazy huh?-no-I am a woman of my word. If I say I will - I will...even if...)
Oh and I'm sure you thinking "that was your job-you had to be"...
NO I DIDN'T - I COULDA QUIT...I could have given less of myself...I could have done something else...hell, I threatened to quit OFTEN...near the end, I threatened walking out DAILY!! LOL
But I never did. And we all knew I wasn't going nowhere...shoot, I went down with the ship...because my first real commitment had been to my career. I put my career before everything...everyone...including myself...(the stories I could tell - check out the broken ankle blog where I ask my doctor why he can't fix me like he did the pro athletes, so I might return to work-As my foot dangles, damn near detached from my leg-he asks my mom "what does she do" and my mother just stood shocked...MADNESS)
To think that I would put anything before my health is now insane to me. Yes I need a job...yes I want a career but my health - my "me" has to be able to come first. PERIOD. I can no longer give more to -blank company- than I have given to "me". It is not even in me to give like that any more - And I thank God for that.
How committed are You to Yourself? And if you are So committed, would you really be giving up? Quiting? Or walking away? Hmmmm...That's the reality check question I pose to myself sometimes and I reply to myself:
"VENT, WHINE, SCREAM, CRY...then Get Off Yo *** and DO..."
Do the work-trust the process-BUT U GOTTA *DO THE WORK. After the work there is ACHIEVEMENT.
(I'll talk about "the work" + Achievement next time)
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