Failures Build The House Of Success

 Why Failures Build The House Of Success

One of the worst myths that people have about being dedicated to health and fitness, is that it has to be perfect. That if you don't dedicate your whole life to health, that you will fail. Every meal must be perfect and every lift must be executed correctly. This can not be any further from the truth. Many of these people will feel terrible after a bad meal or bad workout and just give up on being healthy. The road to being healthy is a long one, one that has ups and downs, and one road bump should not stop you from going down that road. Mistakes are inevitable, the most important thing is that we learn from them, not quit because of them.

Everyone has had bumps on the way to becoming healthy. We've all had a late nite trip to McDonald's, Taco Bell, Wendy's, whatever place you prefer. This is not a reason to believe that our goals are impossible. Nothing is impossible. If you have a bad meal, or over eat, WHO CARES? It's called a journey for a reason, it isn't short! Health and fitness is all about longevity, what you do over the course of months and years, not a day. The worst thing someone can do is lose track for a week and never get back in the gym again. Just because you miss one week, doesn't mean you can't get it back! Even if you miss a month, IT'S OKAY! There's never a reason to quit, but there is always a reason to come back.

If you slip up, don't look at what you've did last night, look at what you did that WHOLE week. If your whole week outweighs that one bad day, then smile. You completed the goal of having a successful week, even if you had a bump. This journey is long and takes years to accomplish, not days or week. Say you gain a 1 lb one week, but overall for the month you lost 4 lbs, THEN BE HAPPY! You were successful over the long term. 

We should be concerned about our long term progress, not the short term. Always look at the grand scheme of things instead of what happened yesterday. For example, last night I went to the Hibachi buffet and probably ate more than my weight in Chinese food with a friend. Mistake? I guess in a health sense, but I was with a friend and that's what we do when we see each other, so not really. Even though I slipped up, I had a healthy eating week overall that outweighs that one Hibachi trip. I'll hit the gym today too, which will make me feel a lot better about last night. These are the steps we have to take to become successful. Look forward, not behind.

The best thing about looking at health in the long term, is the ability to look over your mistakes. Instead of beating yourself up over the two McDouble's you had last night, you can look at the week and say, “Wow I really did eat healthy, next week I just won't have that slip up”. Let your failures build the bricks of your house to success, not tear it apart. I just want you guys to be thinking positively here. It's okay to mess up, because it happens to all of us and it will happen again. I have it tattooed on my right arm, “Before you succeed, you must fail” and there is no saying more true than that. We will fail, possibly more than we succeed, but those failures will build our house to success, I promise you that.

Hope you enjoyed this article. Please let me know if you guys have any ideas for blog topics! I love writing on things I know you guys want to see. Have a great weekend! Be successful!