I'm too busy?

One of the most common reasons that people have for not working out is that they are too busy. And believe me, I understand that...I currently am working two jobs, outside of personal training. One is retail and the other is a restaurant job. Since last weekend was Black Friday weekend, I was busy. On Wednesday, I worked for 5 hours at the retail job, and had to close at the restaurant. I still was able to get my scheduled Pilates and Yoga sessions in.

I went for a run before we headed out to my husband's families house on Thanksgiving. I had to be up before the sun was up to head into my retail job all weekend, and I worked every night at the restaurant. I still fit in my scheduled workouts each day.

Was it hard? Yes.

Did part of me just want to skip them and lie around doing nothing instead? Of course.

But it's all about the motivation, the desire, the drive. I am passionate about being healthy. I WANT my body to be in the best shape it can possibly be in.

Of course I want to eat nothing but junk food and lay around the house watching TV sometimes. Actually, I want to sit in front of a computer and play video games all day while eating cheese fries with ranch dressing while drinking energy drinks...close enough.

However, I also want to be healthy. I want to feel good when I slip my jeans on. I want to feel strong when I am able to lift that 40 pound bag of cat litter. I want people to be surprised when they hug me and feel how much muscle I have. That is a good feeling. I love when people that knew me when I was in my 20's see me and ask how I lost all of the weight and look so good. It feels so much better than it would if they saw me and said I looked the same.

I want to inspire and motivate people to be amazing. Everyone has that opportunity.

To me, it's not about being skinny, it's about being healthy. I don't want to be that girl that gets winded walking up a flight of stairs ever again.

It is all of these things that I think about when I am tired and my mind is telling me that my body can't do it.

I know that my body can do it. I just have to convince my mind of it. I know that a lot of you aren't there yet. But with my help, we will all be there together in a healthier and happier tomorrow.