A letter to myself

Dear self,

I know you have struggling with getting things back on track like your nourishment and exercise.  I am going to remind you of something. You have come a long way in your life and have achieved so much.  Especially in the last year when you started your new journey.  You are inspired and inspiring.  Remember how much you hurt and how tired you always were?  Now, remember how good you felt?  You had energy and were as pain free as you could be.  The feeling of being sore the day after your workout was fantastic.  Remember that?  Don’t give up.  I know you are struggling right now, but you will get past this.  Just keep going even on the days you don’t want to.  You have yet to regret that time that you did go, yet do regret when you didn’t.

You are amazing, strong and so much better physically and mentally.  No longer do you hear the voices in your head saying you can’t.  Now it’s turned into “You’ve got this.”  You love the feeling you get during and after your workouts.  All of your motivational bracelets you have, wear them again.  That is your reminder to either not quit or give it just a little bit more.  No excuses remember?  You might not get that body that you see with the muscle definition or the six pack abs, but you will have the body that is meant for you.  A strong, healthy, amazingly wonderful body that won’t be out of shape and feel blah.  How excited did you get when you noticed that you didn’t have that dreaded muffing top and weren’t tugging on your shirts all the time to pull them back down?  Remember that feeling.

You have it in you do this and stick with it.  Stop making excuses and do it.  It is said that it is easier to keep going than to quit and start over again.  Well, in a way you are starting over again and it’s proven to be hard to get back on track.  Don’t quit, you are so much better than this.  Prove them wrong.  But most of all prove yourself wrong.  Ignore the crap food at home and focus on the healthy.  You can have the crap, just in a lot smaller portions than you have been.  Everything in moderation.  Don’t deny yourself that craving but don’t indulge in it either.  Do your Gratitude Journal every night again, enjoy your hard earned hot bubbles baths with candles and Frankie, your PiYo program you got..USE IT, go for that run, hell go for a hike and explore again.  Remember YOU GOT THIS!

 

I love you,
Your inner self