Part 4: You don't think you'r worth it

I once read an article which had several Mr. Olympia's interviewed and one of the questions asked to each one was "what motivates you?"  I remember reading the answers and one after the other seemed like a long nonsense reply until I came to Mr. Dorian Yates and his reply was a simple one word answer..."pride"  I thought, what a great answer!  Because to me, that's what it's all about.  If you have pride and self worth, you will try to improve yourself.  You simply won't settle for being like everyone else.  And making the same excuses as everyone else.  Have you ever repeated some of these excuses out loud?  Don't the sound lame when you hear them?
Too many people I talk to put everyone else first but don't take care of their own needs.  In fact, they don't just put other people first, the put objects (i.e. gardens, cars, clothing choices) first as well.  I'm amazed at the time, energy and money that go into a yard but these same people won't buy the proper supplements and so on.  Haven't you ever heard the analogy that if you are going to save someone on a plane you need to put on your own oxygen mask first?  Well, nutrition is the same thing.  When you are getting ready to go on a trip how many of you moms pack everything everyone else needs? You pack everything the baby needs and many things they don't need, but what about you?
You need to understand that this is NOT being selfish and anyone who tells you differently is flat out wrong.  You need to believe that you are worth taking care of and hey don't we all know that if you're happy, the rest of the family is happy too.