Just do it.

Yes, that is the Nike slogan, but hey - I think it summarizes this post pretty nicely.  I used to sit around looking at pictures in SELF, Cosmo, Glamour - all of those magazines that you see on the shelves at the store.  I would see pictures of incredible fit women with a so-called "perfect" body.  I remember watching the Biggest Loser and thinking - man, I'd love to look like Jillian Michaels.  Now, here's the funny part - I remember watching tv or reading the magazines while eating ice cream with hot fudge or a whole bag of cheetos.  In my mind, isn't that a little backward?  Wanting a healthy, fit body while stuffing yourself with bad foods?  Looking back, I think one word could describe how I was - LAZY!!!  How in the world did I think I could get that body by eating like crud and not working out.

Yes, so I then started to work out, but you know what - I really didn't notice a difference in my body at all.  I lost a little, but I wanted those toned abs and those killer triceps.  I wanted legs that muscles showed with every step I took.  I thought I could miraculously just wish I had it and wham after 30 minutes on the elliptical they would show up.  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA  I was just kidding myself.

I now know what it takes to have that kind of body.  I finally have abs I'm proud of and yes, I'm starting to see that tricep line.  But you know what - it wasn't easy to get here.  I still eat healthy, but I also have considerably upped my time in the gym.  I spend six days a week doing tri cardio and two days a week are spent with my coach working on weights.  WEIGHTS can be your BEST friend. 

I also have realized that if you want it - you can get it.  You just have to get off of the couch and just do it.  Stop making excuses.  Stop saying you can't.  ANYONE can do it.  Just get moving!