Effort won’t betray you

Drawing of Louise doing roll up exercise in Pop Pilates class
Doing roll up exercise

How much weight you want to lose, how much fat you want to burn, and how fit you want to be is determined by how much effort you put in. If you want to see results, you need to commit to working out regularly, push yourself beyond your limits when exercising, and control your diet. Most importantly, don’t give up easily. The difference between who you are and who you want to be is what you do.

Focus on getting better than you used to be

Drawing of Louise doing mountain climbers with TRX exercise in F45 workout
Doing mountain climbers with and without TRX.

Don’t compare your chapter 1 to someone else’s chapter 15. The person you should be comparing with is yourself. Fitness isn’t about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be. Focus on getting better. Practice, practice, practice and get slightly better every day.

Initially I could only do 12 mountain climbers but I pushed myself further to do one more time. It becomes part of my muscle memory and soon, I could do 13 at one go and that’s how I got to 18 now.

If you want something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.

One more try!

Drawing of Louise doing bench jump at F45

I did a perfect bench jump and I could feel I was in the mid-air. Wow! I used to think how could I be able to hold my weight with just my hands? But the thing is don’t underestimate, I am strong enough! 😀

Strive for progression because you never know, you may be able to do it!

Grit

Drawing of Louise doing side crunches with kick exercise

Let your faith be bigger than your uncertainties because as long as you are willing to do it, nothing stands in your way and as long as you don’t give up, you will get there someday!

Stay hopeful

Drawing of Louise with injuries from workout

Got kneecap injuries since I increased my training intensity. Sigh, sometimes we need to slow things down. I’m not where I want to be, but at least I’m not where I used to be.