30 x 30

This year, I turn 30. Eeeps!

There aren’t many things I thought I would have done before I was 30, I just had no idea what turning 30 would look like. I am not a big believer of setting milestones to ages, simply because I think you are basing your goals on a social standard, like you must get married by a certain age or have a baby by a certain age…I honestly think, things will come when they need to.

So in my 30th year, I am preparing for the next chapter and what that means to me. Usually birthdays come and go and I don’t really think much of the day, other than the benefit of getting to have a cupcake and see my friends and family.

This year, I have a goal. It is to lose 30 lbs by my 30th birthday.

I started working toward this goal on May 1st with 4 months to go. It has been just over 2 months, I have lost 3lbs which may sound disappointing, but I am even more inspired.

From the time I said my goal out loud, I have learned so much about what it means to have a goal and how to accomplish it. There are opposing thoughts as to whether you share a goal or keep it to yourself. I am a big mouth, so keeping it to myself didn’t really seem like an option.

There are 3 things I need to make this work; community, competition and confidence:

Community I have the best team coming along for the ride with me. My trainers are there as pillars of motivation, they know how to push me and when to compliment my efforts. I have a dedicated workout buddy. She is with me at the gym handing me the heavier weights, laughing and high-fiving our way through workouts and a constant through the progress. And of course, my hubby, he supports me the way he always does. Your community should lift you up.

Competition My trainers know that when they tell me they expect at least x number of push-ups or how to get more out of an exercise that they are going to get that effort from me. I am not trying to compare myself to others, but to compare myself to where I have come from and how I can get further. You will never be happy or successful by wishing others fail.

Confidence My strength is to keep going and have the confidence that the goal is not the success. I know that I am not the best at fitness, but I do know that my confidence to keep at it is a key to my motivation. Confidence is an invisible tool that only you can give yourself.

What goals are you working on? What keeps you inspired? 

Inspire Yourself!

Jenn