I'd like to share a story about my friend Claudia for Motivation Monday. I'm so proud of her and want to follow in her footsteps. Now, I hate to say that any of my friends are "over weight" but let's just say Claudia had similar goals to lose weight. She's like me...she has curves and is athletic. She's been trying to lose weight most of her adult life and finally made a life change. She's eating right and works out consistently. I don't know how much weight she lost exactly, but I know she went down several dress sizes! I recently emailed her to let her know I'm very happy for her and asked for some encouraging words. This is what she shared:
The best advice I can give you is to take it day by day! Fully COMMITT and never settle for anything less! I tell anyone who makes this life change....DON’T STOP! DONT GIVE UP if you don’t see immediate changes. I use to hang a pair of size 4 jeans up and every morning I would look at them. Every month I would try them on and I kept getting closer and closer to my goal. Girl believe me...they didn’t even go up my hips but they day I put those suckers on it was an absolutely amazing feeling of accomplishment.
So…some words of advice and to remember during your journey:
- Take measurements and pictures, you want to be able to see your success the scale doesn’t always give you the true story.
- A craving is just a craving...eat something healthy and it will go away.
- Don't cheat it will just put you behind by 7 days! Seriously! You don’t want all your good workouts to be ruined by a simple craving!
- You get the best workouts when you are tired! You push yourself and muscles even more! Once it over, it’s over and you completed one more workout!
- Stick with it and you will get results!
Thank you Claud for the encouraging words!!
:)
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