60 Days to Lose 10 lbs: Beginning August 31st, 2009

60 DAYS TO LOSE 10BLS:

Here's the thing about creating goals, first you have to start them (HARD AS HELL) and finally you have to complete them (EVEN MORE DIFFICULT).

Back in Jan of 08, I sat down with my Pops and wrote out my weight loss plans. It was simple, I wanted to lose weight to the tune of 45-50 lbs, I was a bit over 190 at the time. I actually created the goal not really to lose weight but rather to prove a point to my dad. I wanted to demonstrate that I could do whatever I wanted to do as long as I committed to it. Weight loss was something that seemed very difficult to accomplish. I remember running with a co-worker after work and it took me a little bit over an hour to run 3 miles. Having been a former athlete, I remember that feeling of being demoralized after the run.

After reading the scale and looking at it in total disbelief, I made a phone call on Jan 3, 08. I remember calling my girl Erica, a fitness psycho, to work out with me. Of course it was raining hard outside in sunny LA, and she declined the offer at 7AM. But I begged her to just come workout with me on that day. The crazy thing is it's been over a year and a half since that morning; and Erica hasn't worked out with me ever since. But I still owe her a lot for getting out of bed on that morning, that was the day I decided that I was going to change my mind about being stuck. After all being overweight, or being in a rut really has little to do with food at all. Usually it's something bigger that's holding us back, either a mental weight or block that keeps us from being who we really are meant to be. We never know who might help us take our first step.

Today is August 26th, 2009 and I woke up at 4:30 am as usual, ran a mile and a half at the gym and did about 500 situps, 5 different weight machines ect. Tomorrow I might be outside running hills or pulling tires with chains. But I can't help but look back and see the woman I used to be (in a word): STUCK. I think most of us have such a hard time just GETTING STARTED. We think of all the million and one reasons why we can't accomplish our goals. I remember thinking I'm too big to do these types of exercises. I'm too slow to run up the hill that many times. But the amazing thing about the human will is, over time, with one day at a time, those loud excuses become quieter until you can't hear them whisper to you anymore. Those are the voices that hold us back the most, the one's that we create.

P.S. STOP MAKING EXCUSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR THE RECORD: "I'M NOT A MORNING PERSON...I HATE GETTING UP IN THE MORNING". Just take the 1st step...join me Aug 31st. We'll keep each other inspired.

Shak

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