Motivation to be Committed

In life, it is not until you make a decision for yourself that you will actually transform. Whether it is choosing to educate yourself, choosing to become more spiritual, choosing to fall in love, choosing to relocate, choosing to befriend someone or choosing to better yourself - YOU have to make the decision.

I have never been the "model size" but I have been comfortable in my skin for the majority of my life. As of late, however, I have felt the need to do better, for myself. I have decided to take action and improve so I am happy with myself. I feel like I will only be the perfect size when I can look at myself naked and love what I am looking at.

Part of my journey, as mentioned in my last post, is to take part in several challenges. January 2012 will be a month of skirt/dress journeys. I think, though I am not fully in love with my size, I can fall in love with my outer appearance. I always make excuses as to why I can't/don't dress up every day. But, now, the excuses stop. Now I know that I am fully capable of looking beautiful for myself daily.

I started this challenge a little early, the 2nd to last week of December. I thought about what I was going to wear, how I was going to dress, what look I was interested in and what hairstyle was the most becoming on me. I tried some new things. I reused some old "tricks".

On December 29th, I went out for a friends birthday. I don't usually take pictures, partially because I do not like how I look in them, often at all. This night, however, a picture was captured. This picture was simply confirmation that now is the right time.

Now is the time that I need to make a change for myself.

"Our commitment has a direct effect on the eternal destiny of others."

This same night, I saw a friend from high school. He let me know that he needed to lose weight and saw my twitter posts about my blog and my goal to blog daily in 2013 as I transform myself. Knowing that my personal decision to help myself is also helping others is amazing.

Being committed is a choice. It is a conscious decision that we have to make, daily. I am committed to helping myself. I am committed to helping others. I am committed to being the best me I can be at all times. Won't you be awesome with me?

These are my 2013 transformation goals:

• Lose 93lbs. on or before December 31, 2013 (losing approximately 2 pounds per week, a healthy and realistic goal)
• Run a 5k in April
• Run a 10k in May
• Run a half marathon in October
• Look good naked by the end of this year
• Wear a bikini before the end of the summer
• Make the biggest lifestyle change of my life: eating right, working out at least 3 times per week and maintaining my goal weight