Doing it for me

I was reading the an interview with Kristen who was eliminated from The Biggest Loser last week and she said something that really hit home with me. In fact I have it in my heading partially. She said that she does not go to the gym with her Mom that often because she has to do it by herself and for herself. She went onto to say that in the past she and her Mom would try diets together and then when one would fall off it would give the other the excuse to quit too. This is so me!

Reading that in print I finally realized that when I have been successful it has been when I am 100% totally doing it FOR ME. Somewhere along my travels on this journey the goodness in my heart is moved to help someone else be successful and that my friends is when I seem to no longer focus on myself, but on the other person. So I will need to work on this as selfish as it feels. Ultimately it is not selfish to get healthier so I can do more for others and my family, but most importantly I will be able to do more in my service to God.

It is not a selfish thing to want and need to focus on oneself in order to get healthy, to be healthy and add more years to ones life(this is a reminder and am saying it for me). It is a loving thing. I am thinking of my loved ones and dear friends. I can motivate simply by my actions until I reach goal AND then I can be that helper I so want to be.