The other day I got asked one of the most flattering questions I have ever been asked: "How do you do it?" I took some time thinking about this one because I feel as though this answer could have a defiant positive impact if I got it right! How do I do what exactly? How do I eat so may times a day? How do I do cardio or lift weights when all I want to do is veg out in my chonies and watch 'The Bacherlerette'? How do I train others or teach a class and keep it fresh and motivating enough so people don't walk out on me? I know one thing for sure: I try not to think about it. I'm getting down to the wire here, approaching Nationals, trying to tie up all my loose ends so I can get it together just in time to compete for what I want. I'm working hard but is it hard enough? Am I eating too many carbs? Too much fat? Not enough cardio??? When I open that 'thought' door It's very hard for me to get out out of that "head space". You know the one I'm talking about right...?
I have this tiny voice inside that whispers thoughts like: "Go ahead, take it easy. Relax, it's not worth it. Give up Now. You don't have a snowballs chance in hell anyway. You don't have the right build. You like to eat so go eat... cheat on your diet, what's it matter anyway?" Sometimes it's all I hear... that ugly, tiny, negative whisper.
The funny thing is that I have another voice that's equally as present (but way louder and cooler) that SHOUTS over those ugly whispers to "keep going, keep fighting, who cares if I fall at least I fought with everything I have!" It's pretty much up to me who I decide to listen to. Sometimes, on the days I allow myself to think instead of believe, the ugly whispers win and I find myself making out with a jar of organic peanut butter,
but other days I put my game face on and run like it's nobodies business!
Deep down I know that even if I don't get the exact results I was hoping for I'll land damn close, close enough to try again. After all when I win or place I think: "OK, this is the Universe telling me I'm on the right track" and when I loose I think "OK, what can I change so that I will win next time". I think this way because I have blatantly declared my desire and I am currently manifesting it. How I get there is of no concern to me because I know I WILL get THERE.
I believe this is the secret to 'doing it' and getting that 'Perfect 10' Body:
1. Declare what you want, tell yourself first. Admit it to yourself first. Then share it with others. this is the hardest part because it makes us feel vulnerable when we admit what we truly desire.
2. Know that it's going to happen, that it's already happening. Picture it happening in any way that's tangible for you. When you look in the mirror today don't hate. Instead (close your eyes maybe) and see that stomach you want, how your butt looks, how your shoulders look once you have reached your goal. What does that feel like? In that moment of feeling what the body is like, don't think about the blood sweat and tears it took to get that way, think of the joy of accomplishing what most people are too cared to admit they want.
3. Work. Don't give up until you get there. Understand that your desire is not silly or trivial or selfish but that it is a beautiful part of you that makes you who you are. This desire is a part of you and more importantly, you possess the power that it will take to accomplish it.
It's the knowing that we must focus on.
Cliche or not it's true: In order to achieve you must believe.
Cliche or not it's true: Would the person who said it could't be done get out of the way of the person who's doing it.
Cliche or not it's true: Success happens when opportunity meets preparation.
I believe these desires were put in my heart for a reason. If you think you are better then me or this is impossible or I don't have what it takes, watch out 'cus Im trying anyway! I must do something about it, not sit around feeling sorry for myself, waiting for something to come to me, NO! I have to grab the bull by the balls and go for it! I have to work as if it is happening, because it is!
Isn't life too short to start tomorrow?
Isn't your life too valuable to continually put school, or work, or your relationship before what you really want? Stop being 'too tired', 'too lazy', 'too hungry', 'too broke', just STOP.
In the end you are responsible for nobody else's happiness but your own. Your achievements will be yours and yours only.
I am very fortunate because usually right around the time the whispers are getting to me and I'm 'too tired', 'too lazy', or 'too hungry' I have a T-n-A client come in and I see them fight for what they want. These people, cry, kick, cuss and scream but ultimately they get through the workout because they see the bigger picture. They remember why they got their butts in there on day one (probably because amidst the kicking and screaming I remind them) and they realize that not giving it their all would be cheating themselves and nobody else! They are the living embodiment of hard work, in that gym, if nowhere else, and it yields results: pounds lost, more burpees done then ever before, a faster sprint time... a message from the Universe that they are heading in the right direction. ;)
You can do 'it.'
I believe in you.
T xoxx
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