Ingredients of success: you will never have success until you do what is necessary to have it. Wanting and wishing will only get you so far.
Without effort, it’s just dreaming and nothing more.
Long term success required short term pain/discomfort/inconvenience. Get ready to get comfortable with being uncomfortable

Mental health/mind set – I dismissed it for decades
Nutrition – I ignored it
Physical movement – we aren’t trees, we were built to MOVE, so move!
Consider physical restrictions - for me, it’s lymphedema

Through my journey, through my failed attempts, through the frustration of having to start and stop again about a thousand times, I figured something out:

I figured out that I had to do ALL 4 of these, neglecting just ONE of these requirements sabotaged my efforts and prevented me from attaining REAL success – long term success… short term success doesn’t last, and its not worth your effort or frustration.

Learning that was huge and I am sharing it with you because I don’t want to see you have to struggle like I did.

Real effort, and not taking short cuts will allow you and allows me to enjoy my successes and also allows me to respect myself, despite my short comings and I actually root for myself and am my own cheering squad.

I believe in me and I believe in you too.

You have some plans to make, you have some decisions to make – you CAN have success, you can get to a better, healthier, safer place in your life.

Its not for the weak, it takes a LOT of frustration to fight your way out of this, but I am worth it. You are worth it.

Victories can be counted up in small increments – just because they are small doesn’t make them any less valuable, and you can count them as you go. And they don’t have just be based on the number on the scale.

Victories can be anything that you can do now that you couldn’t do before:
Brushing your teeth without getting winded
Trimming your toenails without working up a sweat
Not having to use the seat belt extender

It’s not a bad thing to ask yourself what your ingredients are, it’s ok to call yourself out and get real with yourself – you may get embarrassed, when you really take a good look and realize you were turning a blind eye to some crucial necessities, but that’s ok too.

We assess and we adjust – that’s how we keep moving forward, positively and productively.