You Can't Take Away My Freedom!!! (Only I Can)

What motivates me?  What do I feel that I haven't had in many many years?

Nope, it isn't Mel Gibson (not by a long shot), but it is.....Freedom!!!.

• Freedom to wear what I want to wear
• Freedom to perform any physical activity I choose
• Freedom from leers, looks of disappointment, looks of disgust, or the tut-tuts that come from the fit and beautiful
• Freedom to push myself away from the table
• Freedom to eat at a buffet restaurant without trying to make the owner regret letting me in
• Freedom from the fear that each next chest pain is the big one!
• Freedom from medication or the threats of medication
• Freedom from guilt

I'm sure the we all could make a much longer collective list.

We know how trapped we feel by our poor health and fitness level.  We know what we can't do; and dream of what we wish we could do if we were just in better shape.  We live in fear of the doctor's office.  We live in fear of the swimming pool.  We live in fear of the beach without wearing a t-shirt.  We live in fear of injury or heart attack.  We live in fear of embarrassment.  We live in fear of exercise.  We live in fear of food.

And while each of us may not feel the same fears or the same degree of fear, we likely all see the same loss of our freedoms.

And that is why, for me, it is key to not only achieve health and fitness, but to maintain it and hopefully even reach levels admirable to others.

I want more than to feel good about myself, I want my freedom.

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