Hey you! YEAH YOU! You know… the one with the BIG BUTT, THIN hair… CELLULITE… WRINKLES… flabby arms. LISTEN TO ME! I’m TALKING TO YOU!!!
You’re SO FAT! You’re UGLY!! You’re WEIRD. You’ve made a TON of STUPID mistakes… You’ve said SO many wrong things. You’ve lived in the DARKNESS. You might as well have NEVER been born, because YOU – ARE – COMPLETELY – and UTTERLY — WORTHLESS!!!!
Sound familiar?
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Had a mom ask me this question recently… How do you make workouts a priority when you work full time, have kiddos, and somehow have to keep your house clean?
THAT is a great question! Cuz… let me tell you… I battled with this one myself when I first started this crazy journey.
CAN we do it ALL? Well… of course… YES! We can.
Can we do it ALL and not lose our minds? Well… um… I’m pretty sure the average woman would have a MAJOR nervous breakdown if she did EVERYTHING perfectly… right?
Kids + Perfectly Clean House + Work Full Time + Work Out Every Day + Mom Does It All = INSANITY
Hahahaha! Sounds like something naughty, doesn’t it? But what I really mean is… when you’re working out, do you CRANK up the music so loud that you FORGET you’re actually working out?
I’ll be honest… I DON’T LIKE getting my heart rate up there. WHAT??? Did I REALLY just say that??? Me? A FITNESS COACH??? LOL
Yeah. My lungs feel like they’re about to BURST… my body is ACHING… and I just want to QUIT.
Battling that negative attitude is NOT easy… but if I have a GREAT song on, I get SO lost in the music that I don’t even realize how hard I’m pushing myself… that is… until the song is over.
It’s kind of like driving down the road, getting lost in thought, and then wondering where the last 10 minutes went. Ever do that?
“You’ve gotta… ac-centuate the positive. E-lim-inate the negative. Hold on to the affirmative. And don’t mess with Mr. In Between.”
OMG! I LOVE this song! I still hear Bing & the Andrews Sisters knocking it out of the park with the AMAZEBALL harmonies!!! :)))
Honestly, though… it’s SO easy to get caught up in negativity…. especially in the world of… pausing for dramatic effect… FEMALE DRAMA!!!!!
Why is there so much drama? I’m telling ya… a LOT of it goes right back to that song I quoted… We’re so busy ‘assuming’ that a particular word or action is NEGATIVE, that we can’t see beyond the blinders that hold us back from seeing TRUTH.
And what is the TRUTH?
Let me ask you… Are you READY for change? Then my question to you is…WHY? If you WANT change, then you need to dig deeper and find something big enough that you can hold on to on the days you just REALLY want to quit.
So… let’s walk through this process. Are you ready to dig deep?
I’m going to use an example of a conversation I had with one of my challengers in my fitness challenge group to drive this point home.
Here we go…
Do you want to lose weight?
Yes.
WHY?