When It comes to your health and fitness journey you will encounter many obstacles that will get you off of your path. I suggest that you realize and understand that it is in fact a process and nothing happens over night. There has been many times were I ran into adversity while on my fitness journey. You are going to have days that you aren’t feeling up to par and you want to quit. That is just your body wanting to hang on to old habits. This is the time where you fight through it. Do not allow yourself to get in the way of your goals. These chapters spoke to me. I often deal with many of these issues with my clients. I have sat with many of them to explain that your journey is your journey and it’s a process so embrace the baby steps. Depression also plays a huge role when it comes to health and fitness. I am a living testament of this. After I returned home from a year long deployment to Iraq, I was a totally different man. I didn’t know who I was any more and I hated it. I hated to be in crowds, I thought everyone was out to get me, I just didn’t feel safe in any environment but my home. I started drinking more heavily to drown out the thoughts and memories of what I experienced while deployed. The military offers you endless amount of help with these situations but I decide to self medicate rather than letting a professional help me through my situation. I gained a ton of weight because I was too busy trying to suppress my issues. I said all of that to say this, get help if you are dealing with depression, and realize you don’t have to do this alone.
Ricardo Smith
