I am Matt Simeone: The Winner.

I am Matt Simeone: The Winner.

Hopefully the first part of the statement above is no surprise to anyone, however the second part might seem far too optimistic to be true!

But it’s true. I am Matt Simeone and I am a winner. This blog is probably going to seem like a puff myself up… sort of a brag-fest and I will apologize if it comes across as arrogant. But sometimes I think people need to seem themselves as winners. You need to sometimes boast in your successes. Building up your self-confidence, and self-worth, and self-esteem is very important. Yesterday’s post got me thinking a lot. WHY DO I SEE MYSELF AS A LOSER! I AM A WINNER! In my own ways of course.

Confession times…

I will never win a CAA Title like my sister did, or be amongst VA’s talented soccer players. She did. She won that fight. She is a winner. Her Success.

I will never leave home, Join the Navy, Leave the Navy, Work, go to school, and build a family in my late 20’s all at the same time. My Dad did. He won. His success.

I will may never decide mid-career to go back to school while working full-time, raising two teenage kids, to pursue a career advancement. My Mom did. Her success.

I will definitely never be selected to partake in an incredibly competitive major (dental hygiene) get accepted, crush the program, work for a year, hate it, completely change career paths, get through my Master’s with Straight A’s, and get a job right away. Erin did. Her Success.

I will never create Microsoft in my garage and become the richest man on earth. Bill Gates did. His success.

No. None of those will ever come true for me. And you know what. I am 100% ok with that. If I strived to match all those successes, I would be a super rich-teacher-assistant principle-chemical engineer-living in Utah with a Title Ring on my finger named Matt ERINPEGPETEMEGBILL Simeone.

That’s not me. I am Matt Simeone. I took a lost, obese, depressed, kid and made a complete 180 with his life. I lost over 130 pounds. Not a whole of people can say that. MY SUCCESS.

I have inspired families and friends to radically change their lifestyles and dramatically improve their quality of life and help them reach their goals. MY SUCCESS.

I for a second time hit rock bottom, acknowledged I had a problem and am actively working towards fixing my life. MY SUCCESS.

I would never say this about myself but I’ve been told this by enough people but apparently I am an inspiration. I AM AN INSPIRATION. I AM AN INSPIRATION. I need to keep repeating this to myself because I still don’t believe it.

I want to take this inspiration and create something amazing with it. I think there is no doubt that I am passionate and really good at helping others get healthy. I need to stop looking at the successes of others listed above and judge myself by those standards! How can I measure my impact on improving people’s lives, if I am comparing it to winning a CAA title?!?!

I think a huge problem I have created in my head is that I am been viewing my passion with health and nutrition and fitness as a bad thing since I did in fact develop an eating disorder. This is a temporary problem though. I am and will beat this and be back and probably better than ever. I am so ready to impact people’s lives. I can’t let this  blip destroy my hopes and dreams. That’s not fair to me and to my success.

My mom has changed the world through hundreds of kids lives.

My sister has changed the world through inspiring other to let it all go and take massive leaps of faith

My dad has changed the world by raising two fantastic capable kids and has inspired me to be the best Dad I ever can be.

Erin has changed the world by showing people just because one situation doesn’t work… seek God and a million more will come. Now she is blessed with an opportunity to change all these kids to come, lives.

So now its my turn. I can change the world. Not sure if its through fitness and nutrition, or its through my job at VDOT. But I will change the world. I will win. I can do anything I set me mind too. You don’t lose 130lbs over night. It is not easy. It was not given to me. It took a ridiculous amount of work, time, dedication and strength. And I did it. My Success. I WON.

I am a winner.

I am Matt Simeone.