Motivation: Having it and Losing it

I want to talk about motivation, having it and losing it. Getting motivation to change your life from being unhealthy to healthy is an amazing accomplishment. Keeping up a routine and setting goals is a wonderful way to keep that motivation going. Sometimes life gets in the way and sets us back a bit. Life happens and roadblocks will get in the way. It is up to you to move past them or let them defeat you. It can be anything from a new job, schedule change, relationship change, financial change or even a mental change. Sometimes goals you thought you wanted are not goals you want to keep. When I first started I wanted to lose just 10-15lbs. I thought that was more than enough! I ended up losing 35 and still would love 10 more. Also, it can be the other way around and you want to lost 40 but you find out you are really happy at 20.

I just went through a roadblock with my healthy lifestyle in a relationship. I didn't even realize how much motivation I was losing until the end. I lost myself in the relationship and started making their priorities mine. I think the extra stress from the relationship made me not eat as healthy because I started caring less. My motivation to study for my PT test was starting to dwindle. I wasn't feeling like myself. What I loved about myself, was the health conscious person I became, and I was losing that. I knew it was time for something to change. I decided the relationship was not healthy for me. In a relationship you should be supported and respected. Your partner should encourage you, not bring you down. I felt like I had a dark cloud over me and I needed light again. As sad as it was, it was time to walk away and find myself again and get back on track.

We all have things in our life that are going to get in our way. It's up to us to figure out how to change it to keep the goals and lifestyle we want. This is your life. No one else. You decide your attitude and how you live life. Stand strong and believe in yourself because when you finally achieve your goals you have no one to thank but yourself.