We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.

“Will you look back on life and say, “I wish I had,” or “I’m glad I did”?” ~ Zig Ziglar

I may not be there yet, but I’m closer than I was yesterday.

“Health improvement starts with baby steps moving toward lifestyle changes. You do what you’ve always done; you get what you’ve always got.” ~ Benjamin

“To stick to working out and getting in shape requires a backbone, not a wishbone.”

“What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.” ~Henry David Thoreau

I thought about not working out tonight…but it was only a thought!

If you wouldn’t use “I’m too tired” as an excuse to miss work, don’t use it as an excuse to miss your workout.

You can’t buy fitness. Like honor, it must be earned.

“The difference between try and triumph is just a little umph!” ~ Marvin Phillip

You will never “find” the time. When something becomes important enough to you, you will “make” the time!

“If you are tired of starting over, quit giving up.”

“There are two primary choices in life; to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.” ~ Denis Waitley

One of the greatest pleasures in life is accomplishing a healthy lifestyle that most people thought you would never be capable of accomplishing while witnessing a supportive friend share in your joy. ~ Benjamin

“Exercise is done against one’s wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse” ~George Sheehan

“Real fitness is about being healthy physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually.” ~ Alyson

“Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways. Where it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses.”~ Arlen Price

Fitness goals are fitness dreams with deadlines.

“Do not throw in the towel; use it for wiping the sweat off your face” ~ Unknown

Friend, if fitness was truly important to you and really your desire you’d get off that couch and do something about it like your pants were on fire. ~ Benjamin

If you’ve lost your motivation, you’re not following your heart. Be fearless enough today to claim your new start! ~ Unknown

“Your self-image and habits go hand in hand; change one and you will automatically change the other.”

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” ~ Confucius

I thought about not working out today, but it was just a thought! ~ Benjamin

A man’s health can be judged by which he takes two of at a time – pills or stairs. ~Joan Welsh

“Keep in mind, that to reach goals from exercising it takes vivacity of spirit to keep pressing forward, a willingness to fight your way up stream; so don’t be a dead fish which floats with the stream.” ~ Benjamin

“He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician.” ~Chinese Proverb

“This amazingly healthy new body may seem as distant as a science fiction future, but if you’ll just begin, the future is already one day closer than before.”

“I have never lost my love or passion for challenging the body…seeing what it is capable of…and loving my inner self…because when you like yourself…the outer shines through and through.”

Willpower is the power to take action while the mind searches for excuses. – Che Garman

“We are what we repeatedly do, excellence therefore is not an act but a habit.” – Aristotle.

“If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” – Jim Rohn

“The good Lord gave you a body that can stand most anything. It’s your mind you have to convince.” ~ Vince Lombardi