My story and motivation for you!

I am writing this guide or motivation article for several reasons number one being I just saw a one handed guy working out a few nights ago at my gym. Secondly I believe in order to be truly healthy I want to have people around me like my family, other love ones and friends to be healthy too.

A little background on my journey I have been actively working out and eating healthy since March of 2005, I can still remember the day I decided to workout. It was the first match of three of Pacquiao vs Morales the broadcaster which was RPN channel 9 at that time showed the weigh in before the fight. It was my first time seeing Pacquiao weigh in and it really shocked me how ripped he was, how no ounce of fat is visible. 

I was a former fatty and clueless on what’s healthy or not. I’d eat loads of unhealthy food, oily stuff and I don’t stop until I feel full. And I have no idea if this was bad or good, I just didn’t care because the food I eat makes me feel good albeit temporarily.

To summarize what my mind told me "If he can do it so can I!". I have these beliefs that if others can do it then so can I no matter what it is. I was also a realist that sometimes I am at an advantage or disadvantage in doing these things, one thing I know is there are different paths to the same goal depending on where we stand. Today we see great people, rich people, people with great bodies as they are, I see them as regular people who someway started from scratch especially people with great bodies and a healthy life they weren't born that way it took them hard work, dedication and a lot of trials and challenges along the way.

There is one advantage people like Pacquiao have clearly over me when he started and it is that success is his only choice from the very beginning, he is a the bottom of the mountain unlike me who is I believe in the middle of it. He had no choice but to climb up while I was complacent at the middle with two directions available up or down.

If we are in a disadvantage or in a dire situation the best thing to do is find the silver lining. We are all taught or at least who went to a few elementary grades of mathematical problem solving. There is always a way to solve something, always always gather the given, always list what you know and identify what really is the problem. With the given we can formulate our approach to the problem our solution to our problem. For example you want to be in better shape, what do you know about yourself, what do you eat? what's your schedule like? What time during the day can you work out? How much do you spend on your daily diet? What can you buy with the same amount that's a healthier option? What can you do to up your budget? What are your expertises you can capitalize on? And the questions and possibilities go on and on and you begin to see the SILVER LINING. You begin to see something you thought that was impossible to something really doable.

My journey to a healthier lifestyle took me years of trial and error, knowledge seeking and practice. I believe I am succeeding in this journey of healthy living as I really do inspire people about self-improvement. I believe that people who succeed in any journey is that they have their eyes on a goal, no matter what path they took right or wrong they know they will learn from it, they stumble they fall they get up. Truly successful people failed in some way or another along the way but their intestinal fortitude to see things to the end was the key. To not to give up and take failures as key lessons in life and the journey they are taking.

Yes I got a six pack and I am proud of it but to be honest with you I don’t have truly good genetics if I based them on how my parents look both of them are obese class 2 or 3 if that is possible. My late dad was 100lbs++ overweight and my mom is almost 100lbs overweight but I never for a second believed that this predetermined on how I'm going to look it motivated me instead to show people you know what I believe I can do this no matter what. Say that to yourself " I’m the best I can do this no matter what anything is possible", never listen to naysayers, negative people I know this is not entirely possible but if you do strive to prove them wrong. 

In your journey of a healthier lifestyle your best asset is a healthy mind and all else will follow. People who are successful have the same mindset; the first step you take is just to believe in the possibility of a greater you.

I will follow up on this post about practical things and specific workouts that can suit your personal goal. Feel free to comment and I will be glad to help you!