I’m just going to start off by saying, this week was a little tough. Poor Remi wasn’t feeling well. She started throwing up, and had a rather unpleasant accident the other night while I was sleeping. So, I’ve been making her rice, boiled chicken, a bit of egg and some pumpkin. That seems to be working, thank goodness.

Between not sleeping very well for a couple of nights, and the worry over Remi, when I woke up this morning, quite honestly, I really didn’t want to do my workout. I even had a moment where I said to myself, “Oh, maybe I can just skip this one.” But that was the kind of thinking that got me in trouble before. As soon as I recognized this negative thought, I went through my mental list of all my reasons why I am doing this.

A little back story here … Sometime last week I came across some videos of this incredible man, Jim Rohn. I ended up listening to a 2 hour seminar,  in which Jim Rohn was speaking about personal development. He talked about motivation, and finding what your motivation for doing something is. He mentioned that there are a lot of people who may not put as much effort into doing something for themselves, as they would if they were doing it for somebody else.

Up until this point, I didn’t have my motivations set out clearly before me. Jim Rohn inspired me to make a list of all my reasons why I’m going through this journey of eating healthier, and getting fit.

Here it is (in no specific order):

• Myself – to maintain my health, and feel better inside and out
• For my heart – I was born with a heart condition, and the more active and healthy I am, the better it is for my heart.
• My family
• Future family – Already being considered a higher risk pregnancy, the more active I am now, the better for when we decide to have children.
• Remi, as well as any dogs we have in the future – So I can run and be active with them

So, that’s my motivation, and that’s what got me to do my 30 minute workout this morning. I was actually rewarded with a mobility-based workout, which I really enjoyed. Most of it was doing stretches on the mat. Regardless of what it was, I’m thankful for finding my motivation and sticking it out.