Become very comfortable being uncomfortable.
If you fail to plan, you pretty much plan to fail.
Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!
Your legs are not giving out. Your head is giving out. Keep going.
Both belly bulge and love handles are about excess body fat, not lack of muscle. Crunches and ab exercises are therefore not the solution. The best way to reduce these problem areas is to reduce your overall body fat percentage, and we all know that that requires diet and exercise.
Transformation is not a future event. It is a present activity.