I haven't been honoring my commitment to the site lately. I haven't been honoring my commitment to myself either. Don't get me wrong. I've been hitting the weights. I mean really hitting the weights, dead lifts, squats planks and the works.
The funny thing about this is that I have not been fueling my body the right way. How can I tell my body in one breath that I want it to perform and be this excellent machine of fitness and strength and in another eat Pizza and Doritos. Really? How does this message make sense?
That is the wrong letter to send to my body. It shouldn't be the one I've been writing and yet it is. It is time to take a serious look at the diet. The diet is the only reason that I am not seeing results. I am active as hell. It is a little bit like self sabotage. Somehow we all do this. We get so close to a goal and then we feel we don't deserve it so what do we do, we make sure it explodes in our face.
It partially has to do with the messages we are sent by those around us. All around us are messages that we simply aren't good enough. No matter how hard we try we will never be good enough. Surrounded by these messages, is it any wonder that we begin to come apart at the seems when we start to prove two principles: we are good enough and we are worth it. Everything underneath the conscience level begins to scream and the no processed food commitment we made becomes a lie. When we don't really believe we deserve things we set ourselves up to fail, proving that we really weren't good enough to begin with.
Reasons like these are why we need to reach out to those who will tell us we are good enough and we are worth it. I know that people like those with Strong is the New Skinny are the ones we should be listening to. People and groups that encourage us to be all that we can, to work as hard as possible and achieve everything we need and more.
It means that it is time to write a new letter.
What letter do you need to rewrite in your life?
The funny thing about this is that I have not been fueling my body the right way. How can I tell my body in one breath that I want it to perform and be this excellent machine of fitness and strength and in another eat Pizza and Doritos. Really? How does this message make sense?
Dear Body.
Please perform hard, work until you ache. Exceed my expectations.
P.S. You only get processed corn and trans-fats to be able to do this. Oh yeah and I am also going to have some wine about three times a week so that you can't properly heal or process cortisol.
That is the wrong letter to send to my body. It shouldn't be the one I've been writing and yet it is. It is time to take a serious look at the diet. The diet is the only reason that I am not seeing results. I am active as hell. It is a little bit like self sabotage. Somehow we all do this. We get so close to a goal and then we feel we don't deserve it so what do we do, we make sure it explodes in our face.
It partially has to do with the messages we are sent by those around us. All around us are messages that we simply aren't good enough. No matter how hard we try we will never be good enough. Surrounded by these messages, is it any wonder that we begin to come apart at the seems when we start to prove two principles: we are good enough and we are worth it. Everything underneath the conscience level begins to scream and the no processed food commitment we made becomes a lie. When we don't really believe we deserve things we set ourselves up to fail, proving that we really weren't good enough to begin with.
Reasons like these are why we need to reach out to those who will tell us we are good enough and we are worth it. I know that people like those with Strong is the New Skinny are the ones we should be listening to. People and groups that encourage us to be all that we can, to work as hard as possible and achieve everything we need and more.
It means that it is time to write a new letter.
Dear Body,
I love you. Work hard, become great and I will give you everything you need. I won't give you the crap you don't. You are worth the effort and time to provide you with great nutrition and I promise I'll stop filling you with things you don't need. You're worth it. No, we're worth it.
What letter do you need to rewrite in your life?
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