Be your own motivator!

Hi everyone! As I flipped through a magazine today, (Clean Eating) I found an ad with a fitness model pretending to be running. This girl's quads and abs were beautifully chiseled. The first thing I did was rip the page out and proceed to put it on my refrigerator, but then I stopped and thought, "Why not put pictures of ME to motivate ME?" It's true, we need to be our OWN motivators. Although others can inspire us, we have to find that strength within US to push for 5 more minutes, to drink that water instead of soda/juice, to get up when the alarm sounds instead of hit snooze. We have to motivate ourselves to do what is right for us when no one else is looking.
So instead, I printed a picture of myself (the progress pics) and put THOSE on my fridge. :)

I AM MY OWN MOTIVATOR!!!

And like I said, embrace those who inspire you. There's nothing wrong with drawing strength from those who you love, admire, and/or respect. 

My son is my biggest inspiration.
Everything I do is...

Workout:

8 minute treadmill warmup @ faster pace. 7.0mph at 1.5 incline

20 minute upper body weight machine circuit

20 minute cycling circuit

10 minute nonstop core exercises

My meals:

8 am Pre Workout: Chocolate protein bar

10 am Post Workout: Low Carb EAS protein shake

12:30 Lunch: Chili w/added 3 turkey meatballs (from frozen Foster Farms Homestyle)

3pm Snack: 1 oz string cheese, 14 almonds

5pm Snack: granola bar, 1/2 plum

7pm Dinner: Grilled chicken seasoned with 1 tbsp Mrs Dash extra spicy seasoning, 1c green beans, 1 side salad with fat free italian dressing

Grilled the rest of chicken for lunch tomorrow :)

9 pm Dessert: 1/4c of red grapes, 10 almonds 

One day I'll be as cool as this guy!

~wL