Hey! I keep discovering these little nuggets of insight as I keep challenging and reinventing myself. Thought I’d share as I’m sure it will help you and your journey.
This past month I found myself getting in my own way. I started the year with this big vision of doing a combo of Rev Abs and Brazil Butt Lift. Both workouts have been fun and challenging in their own special way. I underestimated the challenging part. Some of the moves take a bit more coordination than I anticipated.
I found myself getting to those DVDs that I didn’t instantly like and virtually talking myself out of doing them. I felt like calling it a “stretch day” or a “partial” workout day. Still I pressed on and did my due diligence. That’s because I know the payoff over time.
You see, I think it is so easy to for the brain to talk us out of things or into things that are not best for us. It’s a constant chatter and one to tame. So often we focus on the here and now and not think far enough out to the future. It’s the small things we do today that don’t even seem to make a difference, that will continuously build upon each other to reach those future goals. Whether it’s fitness, 6-pack abs, savings, becoming green, relationships, etc.
Your brain is supposed to question and process new information. I find that positive self talk and visualizing what the long term holds, helps me get out of my way. If my brain keeps telling my body to “skip” this part, or “this is new. You won’t like it. You can stop.” I often find myself pushing on anyway and looking back at my thoughts and saying, ” I told You so! You did well! Way to go PT! Bring it on!”
Keep doing right by your body and push thru those challenging workouts, take your supplements and Shakeology, and eat right. Your brain will eventually “get it!” 🙂
I want to give a shout to my buddy Don Pettinger. He just won $1000 in December’s Million Dollar Body contest. Congratulations Don!
He’s the 6th person I’ve coached to winning (he did all the work tho).
So, let’s see if you can win $1000 or $5000 in the new Shakeology contest. Heck… free money just by sharing your results while getting healthy? Shucks! Count me in! Click that contest icon on your TBB home page!
Have a great weekend and finish January strong!