Creating your own perfect you.

What do you want to look like?  Ever ask yourself that?  In a way we all do when we look into the mirror and see a reflection that we are not happy with.  How many times many times do we say "if only."  If only I was thinner, if only I was taller, if only I could walk up that hill without dying, if only I didn't bulge over my pants.  Well, the if onlys are ours to accept as is or get rid of.  We are the master of our own domain, us.  It takes a long time to realize that it is truly all up to us.  There is no magic pill, no person who is going to do all the work and no secret to health and fitness.  We have to do it.  But you know what?  When we do it, it feels great.  

Lifting is one of the fastest ways to create what you want.  Not what anyone else thinks you should look like; what you think you should look like.  Do you want to be the person that you see in the mirror or do you always want to say to yourself "that is not how I want to look?"  I went through it, I think that everyone does.  But health and fitness is much more than just looking good; it is more about feeling good.  You may start to lift in a small way; but you will soon start to feel stronger, able to do things that you once could not.  The snowball effect begins.

With weights, you can sculpt.  Want bigger arms?  A better butt?  Maybe you have those lovely flappers for triceps that you would like to get rid of?  What about your legs?  Want shapelier legs?  Who doesn't?  You can do all of this and more; there is no end to the self sculpting that you can do with weight lifting.  You can attack your problem areas or address any other part you want to address. 

The more lifting you do, the better you feel.  The better you feel, the more lifting you do.  Soon you start to be more concerned about making it to the gym or even exercising at home.  What you put into your mouth soon becomes a consideration.  Wow, you are feeling great.  Once you start to see and feel results, the rest comes easy.  Not the work, the work is hard but the drive is easy; you can see the results of your hard work and you deserve it.  

Being strong is a good thing.  Lifting weights will give you what you want and no more.  You lift what you want; you focus on what is important to you, no one else.  After all it is all about you, take care of you.