January 7

There is a powerful tool that will help you get the motivation you need to get started - the humble pen!  With this ancient tool, you can begin to chronicle your fitness journey from the very first day.  I highly recommend starting a personal Fitness Journal that you can go to each day.  In your journal you can keep your weight chart, your daily activities, and even include a personal daily diary.   I have kept one of these in a 3 ringed binder for the past 13 years.  It is very encouraging to skim through these pages over the years and to read about my own successes and my own share of failures!  There is no more interesting story than your own - so please do not lose even a single day of it.  I can promise you that in less than a year, you will have forgotten many of your triumphs and struggles.  Think of your fitness journal as a written copy of yourself with perfect memory cheering you on day by day.  Forming a dynamic team with your journal will assure you are never making this passage alone!