I have said it again and again...It's not the actual goal you set, it is all that you do to get there... The getting there is what has made my ride worthwile. You can set all your goals but if you do not like what you are doing you are bound to fail. Today I posted a picture of myself on our facebook account for Mid Valley Events. I mashed up two pictures, one was from November of 09 when my brother and I had gone to the beach to eat at our favorite fish place, Dirty Al's and the other was a picture from this past November when I did a 5K in Donna. Two years... yes TWO years and what have I done to myself...I have lost more than 120 pounds....I have completely gotten rid of my diabetes....I never get backaches....My blood pressure is normal....I have so much energy that I'm never sleepy.... I have made a better life... Worth every minute...
So now what? This is a new year but my goal is still the same. I want to bring as many people with me on my journey. I don't know if that sounds bad in any way but it feels good to get people motivated and inspired to get out there every morning and do something about it...Is that wrong? What was all that time wasted seeing TV and eating for... That was not fun....THIS is fun!
Why don't people take that leap?....
Well being at that point you learn a lot about yourself... Why did it take me so long?... Looking back at that picture, I don't remember myself looking in the mirror and seeing anything bad. Your mind plays tricks on you making you satisfied with who you are...and I was... That is what led me to get that way...and the habit of eating good and well not caring or knowing.... When I finaly realized that I had a problem it was too late. It was once I started getting sick, my sugar was out of wack and I would not be able to walk for a couple of days because of severe back problems. My brother always said that I needed to lose the weight at that point. What does he know, he is just a doctor right?... I had a fear of getting worse..a fear of being hurt....a fear of not being able to go to all the places I once was able to....
"When you have conquered fear, the only thing that is left is living"- wise hawaiian we met on a trip
I got over that fear and said that I had to change. Anyone can do it. Honestly as cheesy as it sounds, there is no secret diet, there is no magic pill... Just eat better and do more. And the doing more is what was scaring me at that weight. Slowly, as I have written in the past, I chose different venues of getting my workout in as the weight came off... Results build motivation and then the snowball grows.
And so now that leads to today. I may not be there yet, but I'm closer than I was yesterday. What do I got to say... Well I am at a good point, my best friends and I started Mid Valley Events, I am doing what I came to love and hopefully I am helping people get motivated to actually fulfill their new years resolutions. Yes there is lots of work that we put into doing our events, we spend countless hours working and planning. It's all good... We have tons of work to do these couple of months. I will continue working out, I will finish my FIRST marathon and I know that people will see what I do. Just heard my cousin from Houston signed up for the Austin Half Marathon in Feb...he used to be 280lbs....I'm doing something right!
My goals are set, it's what I do to get to them that will define me.
