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Taking Responsibility For Your Health

Time to shed light on who really is responsible for your lack of success.

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Taking Responsibility For Your Health
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Who is it to blame for your lack of success? How hard are you actually trying to change your body composition? Did you give it your best effort? Success is a tricky thing to accomplish, especially when it comes to fitness.

Most believe they know the keys to success and how to implement them, but few every see real rewards. Why is that? Today, I’m challenging you to look into yourself and ask “What am I doing to reach my goal?” Then I want you to look deeper and ask, “how do I attain that goal?”

Is it a life style change? Do you need better self-control over the foods you eat? The process of change and success starts within; I know, that seems like something straight from talk show television but it really is true. If you don’t want to change, you won’t because truth is no one is going to care about your personal change besides yourself. Sure, trainers and the such can guide you, but ultimately it is on you to really pull your own weight and deliver.

There are no quick fixes and most of us will find it bordering on impossible to keep that change going but that doesn’t mean you can’t fit in the small percentage that really is inspired to change their bodies. Most people will cop out and just talk the talk, but few ever find the courage to walk the walk.

I’m challenging you to step outside your own comfort level with the same mundane routine which never yields results, into creating a whole new work out plan (with help if you wish from professionals) so you finally reach your goals. No more going to the gym to smooze and no more “I’ll get serious about it tomorrow,” act on your intentions and change now.

At first, change will be difficult but after the routine goes on and you can get more comfortable, you’ll set into a new groove and see results. After a while on that routine, I encourage you to change it again, but trust me; once you have changed your workouts once, then to mix things up again won’t seem so impossible.

Go out and achieve what you want. Don’t just follow the same boring workouts that honestly never give you the results you want. Challenge yourself to greater heights and work on new movements of which you were maybe too hesitant to try before. You’ll thank yourself later for the bigger challenge and the new you.

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