One step at a time

I'm often asked how I started on this journey...one step at a time.

When the questions are something like: How do you find your motivation?  How do you stay focused?  How did you find out the different types of exercises that you like? How did you figure out what/how/when to eat?  The answers are: I took one step...I took another step...I took a third step...I keep on steppin'. 

Broken down, yes, it is just that easy.  However, implementation is where we often get caught up.  I think we sometimes make things harder for ourselves.  We are often our own worst critics.  There are times we say such horrible things to ourselves that we would never consider uttering outloud to another person.  PLEASE STOP THIS BEHAVIOR!

All we have before us is right here and right now.  The next minute is not a guarantee to us.  The ability to read this line of text is not owed to us.  So, since we can't predict exactly how long we'll be here; let's make the best of the time we do have left.

Before you can make any changes to your life, you must first think about what changes you need/want to make.  So take some time for yourself...do some self reflection...take a self inventory.

Are you ready to take the FIRST step?  Ok, this is the hardest part.  (It gets easier after this, I promise.) 

The first step is this:
After you've taken the time, done the reflection and inventory...now be HONEST with YOURSELF! 

This journey is not something that anyone else can do for you; and you can't do it for anyone else either.  You can choose to accompany someone else, but the benefits are for you.

And you know what? YOU DESERVE IT!  ;-)

~Ladybug