The big reason you are doing this is ultimately going to drive you on through the tougher times to come. Its easier to do anything when times are easy, when you have plenty of time on your hands, you have friends who want to do the same, and all the circumstances are in favour of you training regularly.
Then, as we talk about regularly on here, circumstances change, sometimes dramatically and there are suddenly a million reasons NOT to train.
Its at this exact time when you NEED your big reason to find the time to train, find the motivation to have a great
workout, find the reason to eat well when it would be far easier to have a takeaway or call in the petrol station for chocolate and some win even, after all you tell yourself that you “deserve it” because of all the stress you’re under!
So whatever reason that may be, you need to at least once a week consider why you are training this hard in the first place, why you are sacrificing other things at times to get your body into the shape you really want.
Did you start because someone told you that you had put on a lot of weight?
Did you start because you had to overcome a health issue?
Did you start to just feel better, you were sick of feeling lousy so finally you had to do something about it?
Did you start to get better at the sport you like?
Were you fed up of not being all you could be, and weren’t going to take it anymore?
Are you getting married in 6 months and you want to look your very best?
Have you just had a child and desperately want to lose the baby weight and get back into your clothes, and get your confidence and self-esteem back?
Are you burnt out from working too hard all your life, and its time after getting several warnings from your doctor to really sort your health and body out once and for all?
Whatever the reason why you started taking your health and fitness seriously, always have this big reason close on hand every time you feel sorry for yourself, how you cant find time for exercise and when doing some exercise really is the last thing on your mind.
