This is it. You’ve decided that 2017 is going to be YOUR
year. The year that you finally do it, you shed the mental and physical pounds
you’ve been carry around for longer than you’d like to admit.
For a brief moment you are fired up! You are unstoppable! You are a fierce force! And then *insert melodramatic music here*…fear.
For a brief moment you are fired up! You are unstoppable! You are a fierce force! And then *insert melodramatic music here*…fear.
Yep, I’ve been there. Heck, I’m still there whenever I
decide to try something new. I can talk myself out of something quicker than
Lady Gaga’s wardrobe changes at the Super Bowl. Because…fear.
Fear of the same. What if you decide to lose the weight and
the same sh!t happens again? You go hard for a few days and then…quit. You lose
a few pounds and then gain them all back.
Fear of the new, different and unknown. What if you succeed
and your life changes? Just the thought of that can be paralyzing. What if you
lose friends? What if you start to become a different person and you have no
idea how to navigate that reality?
I struggled in this cycle for years. I wanted so badly to
make a change but I kept getting in my own way, every single freaking time.
2007- start…stop. 2008- try…fail. 2009- lose…gain. 2010- commit…quit.
It’s always interesting to watch someone on their wellness
journey, when they have their a-ha moment, when it finally clicks and change
starts to happen. Everyone has a different reason as to why it finally clicked
and they were able to reach their goals. Yet there’s one common denominator
that they all have that’s as simple as the Nike slogan- © Just Do It.
The difference is in
the doing.
Beachbody’s slogan is Decide. Commit. Succeed. Simple right?
Maybe not so simple when you’re eyeing up that birthday cake or those nachos or
that craft beer. The deciding may seem easy, but it’s not. Because we flounder.
One day we’re all in and the next day we don’t even remember making the
decision. Because…life.
The magic is in the
commitment.
The message that I hear over and over again through
Beachbody is that results come from showing up and doing the work, every single
day, even on the days when we don’t wanna. Eeeek! This is even harder than
making the decision, you mean we actually have to do the work? That’s a bunch
of malarkey! We made the choice to change and now we have to do the work to see
results? Crazy talk!
OK, I know that we KNOW this. So how do we do this?
- We tell our family and friends what we’re doing and we rally their support. Note- I know that you don’t want to do this because you’re afraid of failing and you want to do this alone until you start to see success but that is counter-productive. We are better together, we do better together. Ignore the haters, they have their own issues to contend with. Surround yourself with people who want to see you succeed.
- We establish short and long term goals and then we put them out there. We keep those goals in focus and in front of us. We share them with a coach or accountability partner who will help us stick to them.
- We tackle only the day ahead of us, otherwise it can be so overwhelming. We commit to making one healthy decision and we build on it. One healthy decision will lead to the next and with that kind of momentum, we are unstoppable.
- We examine our mindset every single day. We begin our day with the intention to be well. We have to get our minds right so our bodies can follow.
- We let go of all or nothing thinking. Ten minutes of exercise is better than none. Some days that’s all the time you’ll have. Set a goal to move a little bit more than you did before.
- We own the space around us. We own our good and bad choices. We own our actions and consequences. And if we don’t like the results we’re seeing, we make a change.
We show up. Every day. We do the work. We sweat. We cry. We get frustrated. We rejoice. We celebrate.
Commit to the choice.
Ask for help. Continue with courage.
Hugs and friendship,
Tara
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