Body-for-Life Changes Everything - Day 12

Until the pain of remaining the same exceeds the pain of change, there will be no change.

Okie Dokie...still going strong, cooking from the Eating-for-Life cookbook. All I can say is YUM-O!! Highly recommend this book.

Today I went to get my eyes checked and had those dang drops in my eyes and they're still not totally back to normal...my lower body workout is due today and I'm going to do it right now because I AM A CHAMPION!!!! (read below).

I will post my pictures as soon as I see some real changes...my husband is hiding them from me now but I will be taking them weekly throughout my 12 week journey.

"WHAT MAKES A Body-for-Life CHAMPION?"

• Champions are not made on the 84th day.
• Champions are not made when they put that jacket on your back or when they post your pictures on the website for all the world to see.
• A champion is made when you look in the mirror on the first day and decide to make a change.
• A champion is made on the 6th day when you turn down your friends invitation for pizza and beer.
• A champion is made on the 22nd day when you get the kids up, feed them, take them to school, go to work, take the kids to soccer practice, feed them, tuck them in bed and still find time to do your cardio.
• A champion is made when you have to wear an oxygen tank in order to do your workout.
• A champion is made when you are working out at 5am and no one is watching.
• A champion is made when you choose an apple instead of a candy bar.
• A champion is made when you feel an eating binge coming on and instead you scream and walk away.
• A champion is made when you reach down to lift someone up.

You have a choice to be a champion every day.

• Focus on the small victories and the big victories will take care of themselves.
• Every day that you get out of bed to workout instead of hitting the snooze button, you have won a small victory.
• Every day that you resist the doughnuts that are offered in the office, you have won a small victory.
• Every day that you see and grasp the opportunity to help someone else feel good about themselves, you have won a small victory.

You are human. You are not going to win them all. But it takes a winning season to become a champion.

The Super Bowl champs won the Super Bowl one game at a time.

You will win your super bowl one day at a time...one meal at a time...one rep at a time.

And when the season is over and you have won it all...celebrate.

You have earned it...until next season.

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Have a wonderful BFL journey!!! xoxo Jen