About a month and a half ago I wrote about how my wife and I had started doing the “P-90-X” workout routine. Well, 7 weeks later we are still “Bringing it” each and every day. My goal was to get bigger and stronger. Ang’s goal was to lose a few pounds and get toned-up. Well, I can officially say we are achieving our goals for one another, but unfortunately not for ourselves. So far, I’ve LOST weight (about 4 pounds), and Angela has GAINED muscle!!

It’s odd how things like that can happen. We go into something expecting one thing, but end up getting something entirely different. I’m proud to say that my attitude over the past 49 days has been the same: Do your best each day and after all is said and done, I have faith that I’ll like the results. Too many times in my life I’ll try something for a little while and then stop doing it because of (what I perceive as) a lack of results along the way. The truth is, I need to stick with something all the way until the end and THEN look at the results.

But isn’t it hard not to look at the results along the way? I’m reminded about saving money: We set a goal to save X-amount of dollars by the time the year is over. Then after one month we see that we are way off our goal. It’s so easy to just give up and say, “Hey, what the heck!! This whole ‘saving money’ stuff doesn’t work.” But the thing is, there are other factors that may have influenced how much we saved for that particular month. If we can just keep “fighting the good fight”, everything will balance itself out and there’s a great chance we can achieve the goal we had set.

So what am I trying to say?? Well, I’m going to do my very best to finish out the last 41 days the same way I started the first 49. In the end, will it be worth it?? Absolutely!! Not because of how good a shape we will or won’t be in, but rather BECAUSE WE FINISHED IT TOGETHER. All I know is that the results in the mirror or on the scale are not what motivate me. I can’t speak for Angela, but what motivates me is the thought of achieving something TOGETHER. The idea that we chose to do something difficult TOGETHER, that we followed-through and completed the task, fires me up.

In the big scheme of things I understand that being in great physical shape is relatively meaningless. But in the big scheme of things, doing something difficult that challenges both people in a marriage is something that can help keep the pair united when times are tough. I know you can’t build your marriage on the foundation of P-90-X, but knowing that you’ve achieved something difficult together can/will help the relationship in the future when the tough times truly come.