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One of the biggest lessons I have learned since joining this crazy fitness train is that you have to be happy with yourself and how are you accomplishing you goals.  My goal was to lose weight and redefine my body back to what it used to be in my younger days.  As I did that I went through several difficult challenges.  With each challenge came success.  I have set many goals, some of which I have kept private, but I can tell you that I have reached almost all of them and am damn proud of it!!  One of main focuses in today's fitness world is around the abdominal/core area.  Society today has a fixation on what many of us call the pack.  This is a goal that I have wrestled with on and off the past year and a half.  Today I may tell myself "yeah I want those abs to pop without having to do some crazy pose" and tomorrow I'll tell myself "it just isn't that important."  Regardless of which path a person chooses they must find a way to be happy with their decision and their life.  If I bust my butt and really restrict my food intake I could get the pack I so long for, but at what cost?!?  I'm human and a former wrestler so food is important to me and a comfort aspect ... I love to eat!  The good news is that my metabolism is back and I work my butt off 6 days a week, which often includes 8 or more routines during those 6 days.  What I'm getting at is this ... I have decided that in order for me to be happy I need to be able to eat what I want.  If I don't I'm only setting myself up for failure ... yeah sure I may be able to maintain my nutrition for a period of time, but not for the long haul and isn't that what Beachbody is all about.  It's about changing your LIFE, not your summer.  I can honestly say that I am where I want to be.  I feel like I'm in great fitness health and yeah, I look pretty good ... could be better, but I'm okay with the balance I have created.  I have gone through phases where I have focused hard on my abs and although I don't have that popping 6-pack I do have a very strong core and it has gone a very long way for me and eliminating my chronic back pain.  Now I'm onto different goals like rep counts for particular exercises.  My current goal is to catch Mark Briggs ... 28 Possible Pushups!  "Light touch at the bottom and full extension at the top" ... like there is any other way to do it Mark?!?  :-)  I'm now able to usually get going on my first attempt and am up to 20 ... I'm coming for you Mark!!

Now that I have put my thoughts down I'm sure I'll be getting ready for bed tonight and as I glance in the mirror will tell myself "yeah, you can do it ... I want the pack!"