I had lunch with a good friend the other day and he brought up some things to think about. I have been writing on my blog for several different reasons; motivate, inspire, simple tips to show that a normal person like you and me can make a lifestyle of health wellness and give you examples. I for sometime have been writing about the things I have been trying to accomplish and through my different dieting and I have gotten away from the fundamental value of what I have tried to preach from the beginning, LIFESTYLE. I went back and read through some of my previous posts and believe I have gotten away from a lifestyle and ventured into something for another blog.
One of the things most of us deal with is our inner motivation and willpower. The other most common excuse we come across is, our life. I am finding my life gets in the way more and more often lately. I am finding my inner willpower is veering off the road more and more consistently as well. With all of the resources out there on how to be leaner, more fit, skinnier, more muscular, and so on, it is safe to say we know how to eat, workout etc. There are numerous resources that tell us how to lift weights to be lean or more muscular, there are numerous books on diet and nutrition, but how many on how to motivate you to do all of these things? How many of those books claim to be simple but take 300 pages to explain one simple topic?
With all the self help books and other material similar, one would think those would help a great deal and for those who actually read them they can be helpful. That said, I have read many of them and would recommend many of them as well but not many people want to sit and read those kinds of books during their free time. Moreover, all of the books I have read have the same message, most theorize and conclude similar points, just expressed in different ways. I have put many of the suggestions into action however the same things happen every time, things fade away.
Sticking to goals and certain habits become very difficult, not so much to establish but to maintain. Often times we become so motivated to start and the first week we are going strong and the next week we start to make excuses to let down because we worked out so hard last week and so on and so forth.
Sit back and ask yourself how many times have I tried to change my lifestyle and within a week and even by then end of the first day for many, the change stopped. Ask yourself what excuses you came up with. Ask yourself what is keeping me from making the change I want?
I will bet you I can answer every one of those questions for you and be very accurate, because I probably use and used the same ones.
Furthermore, in the future I hope to be a resource to help guide you to a more habitual lifestyle of health and wellness. My goal is to garner and establish simple tips to help make your life what you want it to be. Through simple suggestions of change, additions and subtraction, we can gather the lifestyle you want and need for life. Through my own struggles and tribulations of trial and error I hope I can help motivate you.
