Make Your Fitness Dreams Reality with Planning
Big news in the PNP world. My girls already know, my family knows, and now I am telling my blog followers. I have COMMITTED to a figure competition in August! Today I started my offiicial training. Five months of targeted eating and exercising all coming together for one moment on stage.
If you had asked me would I enter a competition like this last year I would have said, "I'd love to but my loose skin won't let me do it."
Two years ago I would have said, "Are you kidding? I can't build muscle or I'll look bulky."
Three years ago I would have said, "I'm not thin enough to do weights."
Four years ago I would have said, "I can't walk for 15 minutes without losing my breath."
My has time changed. It's amazing to me how my mind has gone from disbelief in my abilities to confidence that each dream is within reach if I work hard enough. The change was slow, gradual, and tough at times because I used to doubt first, act second.
It's just like our bodies. Getting a body we want and desire is a true committment and it takes time to see the changes. Making those dreams become reality is all about...
- Saying no more than you say yes when people offer you "the gift of fat" or free donuts in the breakroom.
- Waking up early when you want to hit the snooze. 4 am is often the only time you have for yourself to focus and do the workout you need and deserve.
- Realizing that no you don't have to eat cakes and cookies to "live a little." Since when did filling our bodies with cake mean that we are finally living? Sure cake is good but it certainly doesn't add years to our life.
- Planning your workouts and your food rather than "winging it." You let go of the excuse "life happens" and start DECIDING to eat foods you know will achieve your goals.
I don't care if you are getting ready for the Y Pool to open in May or to stand on stage in August...it takes the same level of planning and dedication to get the body you seek. We all have to decide what we want and then plan to make that happen. Maintenance, losing 50lbs, building some muscle, or reducing body fat...it doesn't matter. I'm telling you, my girls who want to maintain their bodies plan their weeks just as much and as hard as my OUTSTANDING achievers who are trying to break 200lbs and see "onederland".
I hope all of you will help me stay accountable, make sure I keep planning for my dreams, and that you will be inspired to chase a dream that you never thought possible. Half marathon? Triathlon? 5K? 180lbs? Whatever it is you sit and dream start planning today to make it reality. If you are super brave, tell us here what your next goal is!