Motivation

The food you eat can be either the safest and most powerful form of medicine or the slowest form of poison. -Unknown Author

What is motivation? What wakes you up in the morning for work or school? Why are you so motivated about living your dream? "Motivation is an instance of motivating, or providing with a reason to act in a certain way." -Dictionary.com. When you wake up in the morning just know it’s for a reason. You have a purpose to fulfill. Without having a purpose you won't go to school and without school you wouldn't have a career. Without school you wouldn't have job and without a job you wouldn't be able to pay your bills.  You are motivated to fulfill your dream because it’s your purpose in life. Everything has a purpose. Your purpose is what motivated you to be who you are today.

Today my purpose is to become healthy and fit. So by becoming healthy and fit, I motivate myself to eat better as well as workout. Not to sound cocky or anything but with fulfilling your purpose there are lots of trail and errors.  But what has been working for me not to say this might work for you is that I learned you could be successful when you eat or do the things you love. What I mean is that you don't necessarily have to go to the gym for it to be a workout. You can simply just do an exercise that you love at home. For example, I love Zumba so instead of paying someone to instruct me I just subscribe to a Zumba fitness instructor on YouTube and do Zumba for an hour and a half.

I am not sure if I told you guys this, but since I gain weight in college I became less and less confident in myself. I have been more cautious about the way my body looks. Sometimes I am afraid to change clothes in front of people.  Or even take a group photo with people. I didn't realize it until I became depressed with myself. People will tell me what's wrong with you, you look great. But what people don't understand is that I want to be able to say that to myself and feel confident. If I am not happy with the way I look I am going to fix it so I can to give myself complements.

As of today, I can tell you guys that I have gain more confidence than I had these past couple of months. In the photo above this is what I look like since I have been eating healthier and working out. If you know me you know I am not a salad kind of girl but I have become a salad freak. I make my salad at home with all the ingredients I like. For dinner I decided to have a salad instead of a shake. Just to remind you guys I am also using a product called Herbal Life in my journey to becoming fit.  So in my salad I used organic romaine lettuces, organic cucumbers and grilled or backed chicken with a little fat free or organic dressing. Sometimes I do add other ingredients like tomatoes.  Now I am in love with salads.

Just to let you guys known about Herbal Life. I am using their aloe, tea and shakes products in my journey to becoming fit. I am going to give you a brief description about each product but just to let you know, Herbal Life is a natural product company that helps people loses weight and gain muscles as well as living a healthier lifestyle. Herbal Life is a lifestyle. It helps you transform into the person you always wanted to be. So the aloe helps clean out your colon, the tea burns your fat and the shake is used to replace a meal. Just make sure you truly want to do this because it is a commitment that will change your life as long as you are motivated.

~Sade G.