Today, it was hard to start the workout. My workout was really late tonight; I almost decided to just do it tomorrow. But, then I remembered this blog, and what I wrote a couple of days ago. If everything else fails, thinking of this blog and my overall goal is really getting me going. At ten thirty at night, I wouldn't normally get up and be active.

     One thing that Shaun T keeps saying is the word push. ALL THE TIME! I can hear it in my head right now. "Push push push". Today, it really helped. I didn't watch the video as much as I listened this time. I saw the move done a couple of times, then closed my eyes and pushed. When I did the mountain climbing exercise, I looked up at the ceiling. I visualized myself moving to the top. I got into a rhythm that I hadn't felt before. It was amazing! 

     There were a couple of times that I had to stop to catch my breath, but I got right back into it. It wasn't like a couple of days ago where my mom had to peel me off the floor! I took a couple of breaths and started again. It felt great! In fact, I felt like the workout went faster today. By the end, I was out of breath, but kind of ready for more! Bring it on! 

     "Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going." -Jim Ryun. Did you know it takes 21 days to make a habit? That means that in...12 days working out will be a habit. Like it's a habit for me to bite on my nails. It'll be like second nature. I don't know it that's entirely true, but it'd be nice to think that working out is just like biting my nails! But I have to remind myself to keep going at full speed. I can just exercise at a comfortable pace, I have to keep pushing! Keep going!!!

    One problem that I did run into today was eating healthy. How do you healthily cut out bad food? I haven't had anything sweet like candy or ice cream (OK I had ice cream, but it was a special occasion and I felt bad about it afterwards) in the past three weeks. I went to the mall, and everywhere I looked I saw a really yummy food. Auntie Anne's on one side and Dairy Queen on the other. It's REALLY hard to start eating healthy, too. I'm enjoying working out (I never thought I'd say that), but healthy eating is proving a challenge. I tried doing an online food tracker thing, but that didn't last very long. I never knew what to enter because I didn't know the calorie count and other things. I guess that's the next obstacle!

     By the way, thank you to everyone who's been reading and commenting on this blog. It means so much to me when I see complete strangers as well as friends wanting to see me succeed! It's really keeping me motivated! Thank you thank you thank you!!! OK, more tomorrow!!! ~Emily B.