Going For It!

Today I was thinking of something one of my fellow 90 Day Fitness Challenge participants said last week when I asked "What have you learned about yourself in the midst of this challenge?" He said, "I was so stupid to let myself go."

For many of us we can look back and feel stupid for letting ourselves go while we were raising a family, working on our careers, and building our "castles to the sky." But guess what, it's never too late to make changes in our lives and begin taking better care of ourselves.

Now that we are in our last month and can actually see the end of this challenge, remember where you started and notice where you are now. Yes, it has taken sacrifices, discipline, and dedication but we are doing it. Let me encourage you TO:

1. Stay on course
2. Continue learning 
3. Keep trying new things -- food choices and exercises
4. Reach deep inside and pull out the strength that's waiting to be used
5. Stay positive
6. Remember to reward yourself
7. Spend time around others who help you reach your goals

Let me encourage you NOT TO:

1. Look back
2. Dwell on past failures
3. Compare yourself to others
4. Have a pity party
5. Speak negative words over yourself
6. Give in to emotions . . . but work them out
7. GIVE UP . . . you have come WAY to far!

No matter what brought us to this point, we have seen that it's never to late to take charge of our lives and begin taking better care of ourselves. We have so much to be thankful for and are blessed beyond measure to have a second chance. Don't know about you, but I'm taking this second chance and GOING FOR IT!