Here it is the 3rd Monday of the new year already. Let’s take a minute to talk about your fitness goals for the new year, have you taken one step forward and two steps back, or two steps forward and one step back? (I’ll give you a sec to read that again…..)
Hopefully you said the latter cause that would mean that despite hitting a few roadblocks you are on your way to fulfilling your new fitness goals and can actually feel that you’re beginning to make a difference.
Even if you’ve only managed to stick to your new eating plan for 2 weeks then you had a “bad week”, or if you’ve already missed a week of workouts, get right back on track and take some steps forward. As you string success after success together you’ll find that you take more like 3 steps forward, one back. Then 5 steps forward, one back. You’re not going to get to the point where you never have a slip up because we are imperfect humans and it happens to the best of us. But continue to strive to do your best and before you know it, success will become a habit that you are eager to stick to again and again.
Here are some of my favorite quotes on the subject of perseverance:
“Fall seven times, get up eight.” – Japanese Proverb
“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.” – Chinese Proverb
“Never give in. Never. Never. Never. Never.” – Winston Churchill
“Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.” – Samuel Johnson
“You only fail when you stop trying.” ~So common I don’t know who to credit
Look, here’s the truth: you’re gonna mess up or things are gonna get messed up for you. You catch that first cold of the season, your kids get sick, your work schedule is crazy one week, you go on vacation and totally pig out.
But what all these quotes have in common and the message I want to convey to you today, is that you must keep working on your goal no matter how many obstacles come your way or no matter how far and hard you fall off the wagon. No matter what, keep moving forward, even if you take one step back, if you are consistently striving for success you’ll have also taken two steps forward and be that much closer to your goal.
Here’s a note to the wise however; if you feel like you still are hitting the same obstacles over and over again then take some time to reevaluate why you are hitting the same roadblocks on your goal and what you can seriously do to overcome them.
That my friends is how it’s done. The journey IS the destination.
Stay focused