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Hello, hello. Welcome back to the Embrace Real podcast. So grateful that you are here

spending some time doing today wherever you're tuning in. Let's

chat about your fitness goals. Now, every goal that we have has three layers to it. What the goal is

that you want to reach, how you're going to reach the goal, and why you want to reach that goal.

Knowing what your goal is is generally the simplest for you to determine. Figuring out how you're going to reach that goal. Knowing what your goal is is generally the simplest for you to determine. Figuring out

how you're going to reach that goal can oftentimes be a battle but not impossible. But what I really

think holds people back from actually following through with their goals is not really having a

clear and concrete why as to why they're actually wanting to reach that goal. The reason behind

what is causing you to always start on Monday or for you to fall into this endless cycle of starting

and stopping on your fitness journey is because oftentimes you don't know why you're doing

what you're doing. So I need to ask you this. Think about the current

goals that you have right now. Could be fitness related, could be relationship related, career

related, whatever it is. What is that goal? And once you've determined that, then ask yourself,

why is this your goal? It's easy to confuse your what with your why, though. And that's why I think

it's important to distinguish the two. For why, though. And that's why I think it's important to

distinguish the two. For example, it's common for people to think their why behind working out

is to lose weight. While there's nothing inherently wrong with wanting to feel better or tone

up or build muscle, whatever it is, that actually isn't your why.

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