YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS

  As a society we tent to give up when we don't succeed the first day or week.  When we don't see the scale moving like we wish we would we tend to get discouraged.  Weight lose is not about being perfect and always being able to do every activity with no effort.  It is not about losing 7 lbs a week.
  Keeping track is hard.   Eating right is hard.  The unknown is hard. Waking up early is hard.  Finding time is hard.  Running is hard.  Biking is hard.  Swimming is hard.  Workout videos are hard.  Strength training is hard.  Getting out the door at all is hard and sometimes getting in your workout cloths is hard.  All of these things are hard but none of them will kill you and they each gets easier every time you do them.  Each day you decide to put the effort out to keep moving in the right direction you are closer to your goal.  Every time you decide this is worth working HARD for you get closer to the healthier you.

 "YOU CAN DO HARD THINGS" 

And as you work hard and accomplish hard goals you will find life can become easier because you have already done something hard and succeeded. 

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I hope you are able to stay on track and really get a great start to this healthy journey.  One thing I want you to remember as we are eating more whole foods and counting calories is to READ THE LABEL!!!!!  I know I have been a little lax in that area recently and I need to do better.  A while back Justin bought a box of granola.  It was even in an earthy looking box.  So, it must be healthy, right?  I had been eating it for my snacks the for few weeks and really liked it.  As I went to read the label I realized it was 300 calories and 9 grams of fat in 1/2 a cup!  Well we all know that is TOO MUCH to be just snacking on all day long.  I was wondering why it tasted so good :)  So as a reminder, read the labels.  Also pay attention to serving size and even measure things out the first few times so you know exactly what size you are looking for instead of guessing.  We often take bigger portions than the actual serving size and that adds calories we aren’t even aware that we are eating.  So read labels measure out the serving size and keep track of the calories.  Keep up the good work!