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And once she did get moving, Melanie experienced “Freedom and
breakthroughs,” something that we all want. The moment you accept the fact that
we just want to do the things that feel easy, you realize the secret to getting healthy is
simple—you’ll never feel like it, you just have to 5- 4- 3- 2- 1-GO!

Blowing off the gym, hitting the In-n-Out Burger drive-thru, and wasting time
on Facebook is a hell of lot easier than hyperventilating in a spin class or cutting
out sugar from your diet. If you want to lose weight, follow a diet, and regularly
exercise, there’s only one thing you must do: Stop thinking about how you feel.
Your feelings don’t matter. The only thing that matters is what you DO.

Erika realized this. Even after starting her weight loss journey, she found herself
“losing all motivation to get my workouts in” and “always had an excuse” why she