Keep on keeping on!
Go the distance!
It isn't over until I win!
However you want to word it, you keep moving in the direction of your goal. Some goals come easily. Others take weeks, years, even a lifetime (or more). Don't stop. Don't let any setback, no matter how trivial or how severe, stop you.
If you find a mountain in your way, go over it or around it. If you find a ravine in your way, build a bridge or climb down & back out. You might not make much forward progress during the time you are surmounting your obstacle, but you are still moving towards the goal.
Whatever the goal, keep after it. Want to own your own company? Start at the bottom, learn all the jobs (you're going to be the boss - you need to know when someone is doing it the proper way, right?) and keep saving your money.
What are you working towards? What are some of your near term goals (a year or less), and some longer term goals (1-5 years)? Think of something, perhaps reshaping your body? How many pounds do you want to loose? How many inches do you want to add to your arms? Do you have an exact time frame (perhaps a reunion is coming soon, or is it almost beach time)?
Divide the goal into chunks. Thirty pounds in six months would be 5 pounds a month, and that's a little over a pound a week. Get some feedback, and get started. Will you reduce calories coming in, increase calories going out, or both? Plan menus (or at least determine that you're not having donuts for breakfast anymore, and cut out the afternoon snack).
What else are you going to do? Set exercise plans (walking an hour 3 days a week, lifting/yoga/spinning/etc 3 days a week, or however often it might be). Get baseline measurements and write it down in a prominent place. Take measurements daily (get feedback to help gauge your progress).
The only way to fail is to give up. Keep the faith and keep working it. Eventually, you will find a way. As Winston Churchill said "Never, never, never give up!"
