You have to get past your old you to get to your new you...

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That is a quote from one of my favourite motivational speakers Dr Eric Thomas.  A high school dropout who was homeless and ended up getting a PhD.  He isn't talking about fitness when he says this but it's very applicable.

(Skip to 1:35 if you to skip the intro, but it's worth watching from the start if you have time)

Often when the road to our fitness goals gets tough, we turn back to our old habits.  The chocolate finds its way back into the shopping trolley.  We have that extra beer on the weekend.  We skip that early morning workout because we feel like a sleep in.

 When we begin to see these habits creep in that is the old us rearing its head again.  This is when we need to make a choice about how we move forward.  We need to get past our old ways of thinking before we can get to our new ways of thinking.

 And it is going to be hard.  

 Real hard.

 Proper hard.

 But will it be worth it? Definitely.  

 The question is: do you have the willpower to get past your old you to get to your new you? I am still working on this personally, but it is something that I am working on each day.  

 It will not happen in a week - it takes time to retrain our minds to think in new ways.  It takes time to build new habits, but we will not speed up the process by quitting and giving in. Keep on trying, keep on working on your nutrition and exercise, keep celebrating the small victories and eventually you will reach your goals.
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