Giving Up…..

Today for the first time I honestly contemplated giving up on this fitness journey. Sometimes life just puts you on your knees and tries to keep you there. The stresses of life are a real bitch and hopefully you guys are as lucky as I am to have those few special people around you that will help you get back on your feet.

The past month, my eating has been crap. I’ve eaten at a few fast food joints and drank a couple of beers. Nothing too drastic but still enough to notice the change. Lots of unexpected changes came about this last month, moving was one of the big ones. It’s so hard to maintain clean eating when you are packing and moving, changing addresses, etc, etc.

Anyways, I guess the fact that I wasn’t able to eat completely clean the last three weeks really got me down, I figured I might as well throw in the towel and not do this anymore. Now that I think about it, it makes no sense to give up when I have done so good these past few months. I was about to throw everything away over a hamburger, haha. Thank God I was talked some sense into me! Maybe this month did set me back a few more weeks before I’m ready for competition, but these competitions are ongoing all year long, if I don’t catch one in May I can simply move it to June, July, or heck, even August. I’ll get there when I get there as long as I don’t give up.

I guess all I can say friends, is that I hope that if you ever find yourself wanting to give up on anything, may you have the wisdom or friends/family to keep you from doing so! Remain strong and focused and remember why you started that journey or goal to begin with. Failure only comes when you give up.

I’ll keep you guys posted on my changes, I have weigh-in and measurements on Monday. I’m going to see if I can get out of it. We shall see. Take care.