Writing a unique blog post? Ain't nobody got time for that!

I wrote a post over on my Ironman training specific blog, The Journey to IM Moo, and thought that I would repost it over here. 

Ooooh no she didn't! 





Yup. Pilfering my own blog posts. Shame, shame on me.

The post has to do with the relationship between our ability and our effort to increase it; how we need to bridge the gap between current effort and our max ability while also increasing our max ability.  As with most things, the harder anything is to come by the more we value them.  The same holds true for our own physical feats.


This has me reflecting on the changes that I have made. Not just eating, exercising, etc.  I mean deep down to my core.  I say in the post referenced above that my abilities have not changed, but rather it has been my approach that has changed.  I had it in me all along to do what I do, I just never fostered it before.

So with that think of it this way:  The person you want to become is already within you.  You have to believe in yourself and make the choices each day that will bring you closer to that person.

How empowering.  Your goals are RIGHT THERE!  Ready to be realized! 

For me, I realized my goals by finally starting to invest time into myself like I would others.  I started to give myself gifts as I would others.  For me those gifts were the gifts of health and wellness as well as arming myself with not only the tools and education needed to make a lifestyle change but also with the determination and the PERMISSION granted to myself to do so.  Change be hard, yo.  Give yourself permission to invest in yourself, to make the changes needed. 


So I wonder... What revelations have you come to in your own life as it pertains to how you approach yourself and your situation? Be it financially, emotionally, or physically - have you changed your overall approach? And if so what was the outcome all around?  If not, can you identify a change in approach or thinking that you want to make? 

Please post here and share your journey!


~Jenniferlyn

The Dialogue Within

It is amazing what happens when you set a hard and fast goal and really want to succeed.

I call this my "steak in the ground" moment. I put down the steak and live with the choices I make - however there often come with that a fear of the unknown. A fear of failure *gasp* A fear of success. A fear of actually sacrificing to make it work.

Why?

So here is the little inner dialogue I recently had with myself as i set forth my new goal of 20lbs additional by my b-day.

Come on girl! You can so do this!!!! What is your excuse this time?

Failure?

Sorry... errrrnt... wrong. Not an option chica.

Shut up shuttin' up and just freaking DO it already.

I like seeing the body I am developing and that in itself should be all the motivation I need, right? However I STILL have this freaking fear of success. I am almost afraid of commiting to the goal. I know - sounds rediculous, and obviously I want this bad enough if I am spending both time and money on loosing weight and getting stronger and healthy.

I am just afraid that everyone thinks that I will fail, so what will they think if I succeed. This is one fear that I can do without.

So - I did something about it. I read something Friday on Little Miss Runnerpants' blog that really jolted me awake. In it I think I have found the answer to my fears.

Read this and let me know if this answers any questions for you as well, because friends, this was my wake-up call. And it is my new mantra... well it is a little long for a mantra... so this is my new philosophy.

Live the lifestyle instead of paying lip service to the lifestyle. Live
with commitment. With emotional content. Live whatever life you choose honestly.
Give up this renaissance man, dilettante bullshit of doing a lot of different
things (and none of them very well by real standards). Get to the guts of one
thing; accept, without casuistry, the responsibility of making a choice. When
you live honestly, you can not separate your mind from your body, or your
thoughts from your actions.

Tell the truth. First, to yourself. Say it until it hurts. Learn the
reality of your own selfishness. Quit living for other people at the expense of
your own self, you're not really alive. You live in the land of denial - and
they say the view is pretty a long as you remain asleep.

Well it's time to WAKE THE %&#% UP!

So do it. Wake up. When you drink the coffee tomorrow, take it black
and notice it. Feel the caffeine surge through you. ...finish it, and walk away,
forward. Only acts undertaken with commitment have meaning. Only your best
effort matters. Life is a Meritocracy, with death as the auditor. Inconsistency,
incompetence and lies are all cut short by that final word. Death will change
you if you can't change yourself.
-Mark Twight, "Twitching"

So this is how it is going to be for me from now on. I am a runner. I am a woman. I am a girlfriend, a daughter, and a friend. I am an employee. I am a student. I am an artist. And the one thing that I can do that will make me better at all of these things... is to wake up, and make that choice.

And my choice is to shut up and do it. I AM going to make my goals, or at least know that I worked towards them. I am NOT going to talk and talk and talk about how I wish I were... I am going to BE the person I want to be. No more excuses. No more fears. Failure is NOT an option at this time.

Because if I fail - it only... hurts.... me.

And why would I want to do that?
-})i({ RG