30 days until the stage...

I share my thoughts with each of you in an exhausted state. I have chewed a whole pack of sugarfree gum tonight although I promised to kick the habit at 30 days out. My body is trying to fight back. It wants the yummy carbs that makes its eyelids fall asleep. My legs are aching from the two cardio sessions I have demanded of them for the past 3 weeks. I look in the mirror and know that there is only time for the touch-ups. The only battle left is the one I have with my mind. It's a tricky thing trying to convince your body that you can do without the things its accustomed to having. The final weeks change everything. My morning eggs and spinach miss the company of the oatmeal more and more as the days pass. My protein shakes are thin and boring without the yummy skim milk that accompanied them a couple weeks before. This is the hard part; the part where your will must beat the demands of your mind. You have to put yourself in the moment a million times a day. You just have to picture yourself on that stage and imagine the regret you would have if you gave in. I won't, I am a champion. I will not give in to a simple craving. I will walk out and know that I survived what others could not. Tonight, I win again..Determination is often the first chapter in excellence.......Shall we move on to Chapter Two?