Self-Support

Well, today I was reminded of one reason as to why I created this blog; self-support.  I'm not really sure if that's a real word or not but it's a real action.

If you're like me and you lack support from almost everyone, one thing you DO need is the ability to remind yourself of why you do what you do.  Support needs to come from yourSELF, the drive needs to come from yourself, the will, the dedication, the motivating words, everything, needs to come from yourself.

While it's true that anyone getting ready to tackle their health and fitness lifestyle needs to, first and foremost, be doing it for themselves, I think most of us would agree that it's nice to have friends and/or family that can offer some emotional support.  We can also agree that hearing just a simple, "hey, you're doing great!" or "It's paying off" can feel really nice.  I don't have that.

I need to be able to brush away bothersome comments and remind myself that this is for me.  I enjoy this.  I want this.  I love this.  I support me!

Granted, it's not always easy.  Those pesky comments of "I don't see any results", the eye-rolling and questions like "when is this going to stop?" can really sting when they come from someone you love and, yourself, have always supported whether you agree with it 100% or not.  It's life, however.  It's not always going to be fair but in analyzing my particular situation, I realized something important:  Nobody else is going to take care of my health except for me so I need to do it.

I have two daughters and I can take them to the park, play tag with them, run and jump on slides and merry-go-rounds just having fun.  I can be in a swimming pool, show them how to do handstands under water and pretend I'm a shark.  I don't get tired.  I don't get out of breath.  Nobody else is going to replace me as their mother being "it" or the shark or any of those things.  I want those memories with my girls.  I want to be the example in their life.  I want to teach them to be kind, loving, healthy, ladylike, humble....all of those things.

Fitness and health are part of my life now.  It will be for the rest of it, too.  I'm not stopping because even if it ever stopped being about me, it would never stop being about them. 

I understand it can feel like an ongoing war always trying to remind others as to why you do what you do.  You can feel defeated and it can get depressing. But just as long as you always know why you do what you do, that's what matters.  Self-support is for yourself, from yourself.  Now that's support we can't go on without.