Embrace the Suck

Ever get SUPER excited when you start something new?

Like when you order a new workout program and you just CANNOT WAIT to start?

You think of how AMAZING it's going to be to change your body and change your life.

You think of how READY you are to dive all in and get the results you've been desiring for oh so long.

You think of how INCREDIBLE you're going to feel once you complete this program and get your body to a confident and happy place!

{{Let me pause here to say that when I say "you" I mean US, all of us, collectively, I think, or maybe just ME.}}

Here's the thing though...

You're (We're? I am?...) so excited when starting because you emotionally FEEL the END RESULT.

We are *in* the BEFORE and *thinking about* the AFTER.

But there's so much MIDDLE.

All the change, all the struggle, all the man-this-SUCKS, all the journey...

ALL of the chapters of your book fall between the first and that very last page...

That's where the work is.

And that's where so many people fall away.

Because it's hard.

Because they don't want it to be hard.

Because they didn't mentally prepare for hard.

Because there's doubt and fear and suck and sore legs and missed cake and weak moments and birthdays and Christmases and Memorial Days and obstacles at every turn.

Because they aren't willing to sacrifice.

Because they don't really know WHY they want to succeed, they just think it'd be nice to fit into a smaller jean size.

But that middle...that struggle...that journey...chapter 2, 12, and 26...THAT is what we have to EMBRACE.

We gotta accept the hard.

We gotta accept the work.

We gotta accept that in order to get to that glorious AFTER photo, we have to ride the roller coaster and embrace every twist and turn, up and down.

But you wanna know a secret?

HARD does not mean impossible. Think of all of the HARD things thrown at you in life...guess what? You're still standing. You've overcome EVERY SINGLE ONE. You're doing great. You were meant for hard things.

Do you want to sacrifice that end goal? Or do you want to sacrifice that piece of apple pie that you swear is singing your name?

Do you want that after photo or do you want to eat a whole pizza tonight and wake up frustrated and ashamed, yet again?

(And no I'm not saying that's how you SHOULD feel...I'm speaking from personal experience- for those who HAVE felt that, you're not alone.)

DO the work.

EMBRACE the struggle.

Let NO obstacle stop you from accomplishing your goal.

You. Can. Do. It.