Inner War - guest post

In an affort to expand the content on my new blog, I will be inviting some friends to share their personal fitness related experiences.

This post is written by Jody, a friend I've known for a while. After marrying a good friend of mine and having a few kids, she decided to get fit, and currently works as a fitness trainer.

Her Facebook profile is at: https://www.facebook.com/Canadianfitmom-316129745076924/

In this first article, she discusses motivation:

Motivating your own self can be the hardest thing to do when tired, overwhelmed with so many other obligations, or even just time constrained ( just to name a few reasons ). You may have a trainer to motivate you, or have a friend to workout with.These are definitely big helps. 

 But either way, it's up to you to make the best of the time spent on the workout.
Initially, you're the one who has to decide to do this workout. You must be dressed appropriately and really be telling yourself over & over again how this is really important to get done. 

Have your goal in mind. Have the intent & your workout in mind. Make a plan of attack, and don't let anything stop you. This is serious, this is war!  Our laziness, war to destroy the fat!

I sometimes just tell myself that I will only do a little and trick myself into getting into that fitness feeling. Once I start to feel my own adrenaline kick in, and body heating up, with sweat on my skin, I at that point am not in danger of letting laziness take me over. 

We all have to fight the urge to not reach our goals. It's a challenge. We must push ourselves to reach higher levels and not give up on ourselves. Believe in yourself and don't listen to the chatter in the gym, as those who chat are not as focused as you are. 

You're 
Doing this for yourself and know one else. Having said that you will become sexier than you thought, because you weren't focused on being sexy. You were focused on doing each exercise to its fullest, with proper posture and breathing. 
Sexiness is a byproduct of being fit. Being fit comes as your first priority. 
Never loose sight of that and never let it slip through your fingers. You will prevail one day at a time, one workout at a time.