How to handle struggles with our progress
Well we are a a crucial point with our training. Remember when you said that 2009 was gonna be your year to change your health and your life back in January? Well now we are at a familar crossroads. about 6 weeks into the year and you are not seeing the changes you want to see. The training is very hard and sometimes even painful, yet you look in the mirror and you still don’t like that person that is looking back. In fact you are considering giving up right? Sound familar? Well before you do that i just want to tell you a few reasons why you shouldn’t give up. First you owe it to yourself and your family, especially chidren if you have any to get healthy and stay healthy so that you can be around for them. Second, not to get preachy or religous but God wants you to honor him with your body. It is supposed to be healthy and vital so that He can use you to inspire others. Third, remember that we did a lot of unhealthy things to our bodies over the years by living hard and fast and just eating and drinking a lot of things that are just not good for you. Sweets, fried foods, alcohol, lots and lots of bad foods made your body in bad shape over time. Now its gonna take some time for it to fall off. So when you find yourself saying, "why me?" change that phrase to "why not me?" and get back to it. Look on this site at most of these people’s profiles. The vast majority of bodyspace members who have great bodies now, did not have these great bodies just a few years ago. Look at their progress pics. They did it, I’m doing it and YOU CAN DO IT! So don’t give up, focus on the person you want to lokk back at you in that mirror every morning and work toward it. Sometimes that means battling your own body’s pain and soreness to push out that extra rep. Trust me It’s all worth it in the end. Good Luck on this marathon…. Its not a sprint, but nothing that is good ever is.
February 26, 2009 at 2:08 pm
Thanks for posting this. It is very true and a great reminder of what we set out to do.
February 26, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I try to sprint on marathon too
give it all that I got during the training so I wont look back
February 26, 2009 at 4:15 pm
Suck a great positive message!
February 26, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Excellent post Wayne! I needed this. I’ve hit a place where my progress has slowed down, so this is a timely word.
February 26, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Great post–I am printing this and carrying it with me. I need to remember this!!!!
February 27, 2009 at 11:03 am
Thanks for the replies guys. This is where many people throw in the towel because it gets too hard. I’m a coach now so i feel obligated to keep people’s spirits up. The first week of P90X I wanted to say "to hell with this" But that would defeat the very purpose of my goal…to show others that if I could do this ANYONE could.
March 3, 2009 at 6:21 pm
This is just what I needed to read. Thanks Wayne! I was tempted to skip the gym tonight and stay home and comfort myself with junk food. Now I am going to pick my tired butt up and go work out!