The Life I Wanted
I am almost to my goal! I just need more hours in the day in which to pose.
The reality is that this fitness journey (not a skinny journey) is not easy. It takes education and determination powered by dedication. Along the way you'll find lots of circumstances which come against your unfit lifestyle.
If only calories screamed when they burned, this would be easier!
Readers Digest says there are 7 stages of marriage. Mine is in the over stage, but when it comes to food and fitness, these stages seem to make sense.
-1 Passion: This is the honeymoon stage. I am going to lose weight, look good and run a marathon. I'll lift heavy, have guns to die for and gluts that are the envy of all my friends and co-workers. It usually lasts between 7 and 10 hours.
-2 Realization: The stage begins right about the time you attempt a full 30 minute circuit training routine. you come home too sick to eat, and the next day you drop your car keys on the floor and need to ask one of the kids to get retrieve them for you.
-3 Rebellion: You have hung on for a bit, but you miss your supercalifragilisticexpialidocious-frapachino-caramel from Five Bucks. You crave pizza, wings and a return to soda. So you decide to have a cheat day. Why? Because you earned it!
-4 Cooperation: This stage may never start. Your cheat day may have turned into a week, a month or a year. Giving up is easy. Working it out is hard. Is divorce the only option?
-5 Reunion: You're back on the wagon and discovered that it is a lifestyle not a diet. It’s about what you eat (and don't) and making exercise a priority.
-6 Explosion: Stuff happens. Sickness, job loss, relationship issues, and out of control kids. This is the test of your commitment. This is the test of your lifestyle. Will you say screw it, nothing matters, or will you dig deep and manage your life without binging?
-7 Completion: I don't know what this stage is? Did you knock your spouse off? Did you reach your goal and give up? I don't think we win against the beast until we die fit.
Thanks for the votes and comments.
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