If you continue to do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always gotten.

I think this speaks volumes about change. Change in your habits. Change in your choices. Change in your intent to attain a goal.

SH*T in one hand, and WANT in the other – see which one fills up first – a wonderful saying from a very wise woman I know.

• "I wish I could lose weight"
• "You’re lucky – you don’t have my body"
• "I read about this NEW drink/supplement/pill/extract/shake/diet/program(insert any and everything known to man) that will help you lose weight"
• "I hate my body"
• "I’m too tired"

Sorry, the list goes on and on. Being a fly on the wall, or listening to people complain about their current health status amazes and frustrates me at the same time. I always get blamed for being ‘lucky’ to be healthy. Or it was ‘easy’ for me to lose weight, or stay fit, etc.

• This is coming from the same individual that buys the ’special’ from the cafeteria every day.
• This is coming from the same person who eats the sugary confectionary treats that are sitting in the break room when they are offered.
• This is the same person who has to go outside for a smoke
• This is the same person who has to take the elevator instead of walking up or down one flight of stairs.
• This is the same person who complains about all their aches and pains instead of caring for them

Listen up people- health, healthy living and increasing your fitness are not rocket science. You know what you are doing wrong. HELL you admit it while your doing it!

You only get one body while you’re here. You might want to start taking care of it.

• Don’t complain about something YOU can fix.
• Don’t point fingers and place blame elsewhere about YOUR state of health.
• No one has a gun to your head making you eat that unhealthy food – a food YOU KNOW is bad for you.
• You know what they say about excuses – nuff’ said.
• There is NO PERFECT TIME to start. Go ahead, keep putting it off.
• You are no different then the person who has succeeded. The only difference is that person chose to make the difference.
• Self-pity only digs a deeper hole.
• It’s much harder to do something about it, then to sit and complain isn’t’ it?

Put on your big-girl pants and start taking ownership of what is yours, what could be yours, and what should be yours.

Carpe Diem

Tags: doh, excuses, ownership, want