Love the Results - Hate the Work??


So I am going to share my thoughts on #21DFX.

Why?  Because this may help someone else, and that is part of my motivation for doing this.

I, like many people, have a hard time making time for myself.    I am not saying this is a good thing, it tends to cause more problems than is solves.  I do, do, do.  I can't say no.  I push, push, push.  Then I snap, snap, snap.    Why?  because I am exhausted and I haven't practiced any self care.  So the last year, I have tried to stop doing just that.  (I have tried, it is by no means perfect.)  As the first step, I started exercising again.

I like how I feel when I exercise.
I like how I feel mentally, it helps that I also like how I look better:)
It is also a piece of myself that I had lost since finishing my PhD.

A couple of months later, I started coaching.  Now here is the double edge sword.  I LOVE working with my challengers.  It makes me feel good, I love helping them succeed.  But, I am also using them.  Here is the common conversation in my head.

Me:  "I don't want to work out."  (I am too tired, I feel defeated, it was a bad day.)
Coach:  "But all your challengers are watching you, they are looking to you to help them."
Me:  "Ok, I will do it for them" - Yep, not for myself, but for my challengers.

Is this bad?  Maybe, is it working for me.  I am down 40lbs, 2-3 pants sizes, and I am feeling great.
So, why this topic?  Because, I did 21Day Fix Extreme - for other people.  Not one person, but a whole group of people that I thought this program would help.   This isn't the workout I like, I dreaded it 4 out of 7 days per week (3 week program).  (I like Pilates, Yoga, and Dirty 30 really wasn't bad.)  

But I did it and at the end - here is the moral of the story - I am glad I did.  I pushed myself and it feels great to conquer things.

I could have stopped at anytime and started a new program.  I could have gone back to running and yoga- I like those.  But I kept pushing.

I have seen some great strength results due to this program.  It helped me tone my midsection in a way I wanted, but wasn't seeing.  I also realized, it doesn't matter why/how it is getting done, but that it is getting done - cuz I get my results.

Soo, I am trying Shaun T's new workout program the week of June 12th.  Honestly, his programs scare me.  I am a little anxious about doing it.  But, I am going to do it anyway.  To push myself outside of my comfort zone and to push my results.  In the meantime, I am going to start training for a 1/2 Marathon and doing yoga - everyday because I LOVE it.

So my challenge to you is two fold-

1.  Do something you don't necessarily want to do- and finish it.  Not everything is about what is easy or your natural inclination - push yourself.

2.  Find a reason, any reason, to do something for yourself, and do it.  Justify it in any way you want/can.  You deserve it.

Guess what, I deserve it too.

#21DFX Results:

2lbs
Much Flatter Belly
Stronger Upper Body
Overall increase in body tone.
Wicked Increase in Body Confidence.



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