The Sacrifice

As a mother of 3, a wife, and a nurse, I know what it's like to sacrifice. During a very difficult time in my life, an unexpected divorce, I had to sacrifice a lot, just to make ends meet and take care of my children. I was left with virtually my car, my clothes, and few miscellaneous things from our home. Luckily I had a job and a means to get by. Starting over was scary, not to mention trying on the emotions.
As parents, we will sacrifice everything for our children, to ensure that they are taken care of.
As I started over, getting a place to live, and something to sleep on, I sacrificed my financial future for this. I lived on credit, as I had enormous legal bills to pay and nothing in my little apartment.
Tighten the belt, and live on rice and beans...save and pinch pennies to pay the rent and the other bills. Looking back, it's wasn't that bad.
They say on average, it's takes 7 yrs to recover financially from divorce. I did it in 3. I was able to get a house, for the kids, and although it's not big and fancy, it's our home. And I did it.

I ask people this question, what is your biggest barrier to getting fit and healthy ? Many tell me time, many tell me money.
My next question, "what are willing to sacrifice?'
These days, everyone has an Iphone, cable TV, nice cars, We eat out 2-3-4 times a week, we buy a coffee everyday. Yet we say we can't afford the time and money to get healthy.
Think first about time, how much time to do waste every day, whether it be playing on Facebook,watching TV, or just doing nothing. How much time spent commuting everyday? For me, the commute is the longest. But I do peruse Facebook, and play on my Ipad, however I pretty much work out 5-6 days a week. If I didn't, that would be the sacrifice.

Let's talk money, a gym membership is $30-80 a month, depending on your family size. That is a meal for the family out, that is one lunch out every week for one person.($10x4 weeks). Most every person can say that if they needed to, they could cut back, but would they?

Becoming healthier, losing the weight, getting better numbers (scale, cholesterol, glucose) is a MUST. Because let's face it, what you don't spend now, you will later, when you start taking medications, or have a major health event. Invest in your healthy future, YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!
Yes, it may mean sacrificing today, but in the end, looking back, it "won't be that bad"....

Seize the day!