Sunday, September 1, 2013
Failure is NOT an option.
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I love this quote. I love this quote because it is applicable to so many different things in our lives. No matter what the challenge is in front of us, we have something/someone telling us we can't do it.
And you know who's your own worst enemy? You. That's right. You control your destiny. You control your life. So, it's time to dig deep and let the soul searching begin....
I have a local client who has asked me to turn up the heat on her accountability. With her permission, I have put her on a 12 week program. It will be hard and it will have it's moments. I asked her to write, in her own words, WHY she wants to move forward. I have found that when clients write their testimonial, they are not only sharing it with others but they are digging deep to their own motivation. It also provides clarity when the "going gets tough" and you need to remember your ultimate goal.
So, in her own words, here is the testimonial from my client:
And you know who's your own worst enemy? You. That's right. You control your destiny. You control your life. So, it's time to dig deep and let the soul searching begin....
I have a local client who has asked me to turn up the heat on her accountability. With her permission, I have put her on a 12 week program. It will be hard and it will have it's moments. I asked her to write, in her own words, WHY she wants to move forward. I have found that when clients write their testimonial, they are not only sharing it with others but they are digging deep to their own motivation. It also provides clarity when the "going gets tough" and you need to remember your ultimate goal.
So, in her own words, here is the testimonial from my client:
The testimonial is designed as a tool to inspire during the
plateau periods of training. However, it
is important to understand the motivation for asking to be on this 12 week
track to fitness. I understand my
motivation. It’s to be fit, to feel good
in clothing, to wear the clothes that are hanging in the closet or slumbering
under the bed, to keep up with my daughter both physically and mentally. So that is the motivation to start? Should be enough right? Wrong.
It’s the motivation to be consistent and not repeat sabotaging behavior.
To explain; I was fit. In
2009, I worked with Kathy to change my body.
The goal was to reach a size and maintain. I was facing personal struggles and didn’t
know what life would hold for me within the year. With Kathy's guidance, I reached my goal size and was even wearing a
bikini (to the chagrin of my mother and daughter).
As a stay at home mom, I had the time for the running, workouts,
cooking and weighing every meal etc. I
then went back to work. It was difficult
to fit in a run during lunch with the showering and hair drying, etc. I was too tired to get up 4:00am and
workout. Lunch was a another story. Pizza, burgers and other quick lunches were
OK because I of course had wiggle room.
Gradually I let it all slip away.
Here I am again. I began
looking long and hard about not just my workout but other areas that I feel I
fall short. What became apparent is that
I put myself on the back burner when it comes to improving the way I look. It is rare that I shop for clothing, and when
I do it’s a tragic experience. My
husband is a jeweler, yet I seldom wear anything other than a ring and
watch. It then became clear that I have
followed in my mother’s footsteps, putting others first and rarely doing anything for herself.
How do I make myself a priority when I tell myself that others
are more important? My motivation is to
show my daughter that you can be a woman, a mother, a wife and selfless all
while taking care of yourself. We laugh
at the term “Happy Wife; Happy Life”, but it is true. If I cannot take care of myself and be
healthy and fit for a lifetime, how can I be a strong woman, mother and
wife? I also am motivated in this age of
body issues among girls to show my daughter that she is in control of her
fitness and how to control it in a healthy manner.
So, once and for all, I am determined to make ME the priority so I can be healthy and happy for my family.
Here we go!!
Does this story sound familiar? Of course it does. It's the story for many of us trying to find "balance" in our life.
The next 12 weeks will be about Balance. The only way this fitness stuff works is to make it work with YOUR life, not another's expectations or time factors.
I hope you will follow along with this journey. This week I will post a before pic along with weight and measurements.
Thanks for reading and Cheers to Health and Happiness!!
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