You'll Lose the Weight, When You Loose the "All About Me Attitude," Take it from Me:)

As a trainer I can honestly say I am so tired of hearing and thinking even myself "if I could just get these 5 lbs. off me." It seems, I am just as guilty as the rest of America being so self-driven in my goals. You know this year I am going to make more money, this year I am going to get the perfect body, I will buy that new car. I mean, its kind of sickening when you think about it. Its like on the bottom of my recent goal charts, I mind as well write, "Congrats all you do is think about yourself."

What about being more grateful in the New Year, or striving to do something far greater than a monetary job, call home more often, actually volunteer at that soup kitchen or as corny as this sounds looking within to make the outer beauty pop. While I am honest to a fault, I would still in addition, like to achieve a better body and more of a fuller bank account. But there is something, I have stumbled upon a trick that is keeping me on top of my diet logs, on top of working out hard, on top of focusing more on my work to achieve a higher profit for the past 3 weeks. Now this post is not to say, look at what I am doing, its more to point out what I should been doing for the past year, STOP thinking about my damn self!

3 weeks ago I said to myself, get over yourself, you are living a life with no meaning, no purpose, the only thing you got to show is a bunch of party pics on facebook, just pathetic. And still with such trivial things to worry about in life I still could not seem to be getting the results I wanted too.

I said you know what I am going to go to Haiti, not for the notion that I am going there with the silly idea that I am really going to be helping anyone, but rather the people and children that have been through such tragedy can still smile are going to re-teach me how to live, I am going to obtain another training certification, not so much to add one more to the belt but quite frankly I want my clients to get real, hardcore results. Its time to really start looking into grad school because your mind is your best weapon. I have been so busy in the past 21 days with a quick trip home that I have not even had time to sit there and think about all the BS that I was thinking about 4 weeks ago, and never want to go back to being that pathetic again. And guess what has happened in the past 3 weeks:

Trying to prep for Haiti, workouts have been more time condensed but at the same time its caused them to be more effective then ever, and already I am well on my way to getting in my best shape.

Saving Money for my 4th cert has forced me to not hit the bars and eat out so much, guess what I have more than enough saved, I am running a profit and coming up with healthy cooking recipes which just may lead me to something else:)

Contemplating, grad school, you know what kind of car I will be driving in a few years?!

The thing is when you get selfless, it is amazing how far the people you want to do things for will push you to be your absolute best. The result, your not really helping anyone, all the people in your life are just helping you reach your full potential.