So, first of all, my apologies for having been gone for...too long. I don't really want to get on with excuses & whatnot but suffice it to say that, 3 out of 4 people in my little family (including me) are back in school. It's been very hectic, especially because we decided to give our youngest another year at home (& home school until next year - as we did with our eldest) which is great but my husband and I had to get alternating schedules. The only time we see each other during the day now is switch out the driver of the car so the one who was in school can go home and the one who was at home can go to school. Ha ha. It all sounds very stressful but it really hasn't been bad at all. We both really enjoy school & we realize that there are certain sacrifices a person must make in order to accomplish goals.
We really take pride in that we have been able to focus our goals, time and again, without compromising family time and its priority. We both get quality time with the youngest, I still do lessons with her and get my workout in while she naps and by the time the eldest is home, we're home too.
One thing that did become an issue for me was lunch. I surprised myself because I'm a very organized person but having never had this type of schedule before, I was caught off guard a bit. I always pack a snack & take water in my 32oz shaker, as well as have three little cubes each filled with one serving of my supplements (just in case), especially my Isopure Dutch Chocolate protein. But I must have underestimated how hungry I get at lunch time so I've been buying KIND bars, which I truly love. (You might want to check the nutritional value information to see if it fits into your diet but, for me, it's always, always been more about the pureness of the ingredients rather than just calorie count. That's just me though! I'd rather have an organic/natural health bar that's 300 calories than one with a bunch of things I can't pronounce at 120 calories.)
Aside from the KIND bars, we have had to eat fast food. & I crrrrrringe when I say "had to" because I really did have to BUT because I didn't plan ahead of time. Big mistake on my part. While I did make the healthiest choices possible each time, I always left feeling like crap -- because that's what I had fueled my body with! Crap. You are what you eat, indeed.
I finally set aside some time to plan some cold meals I can take to school, pack in my backpack and eat when I get hungry. Which is often. :)
As far as my workouts, they've been getting GOT! As usual. That's just never been negotiable & I truly believe that when working out BECOMES non-negotiable & it's as natural as brushing you teeth, that's when you can have real success. It would have been real easy to just throw my hands up & say, "Nope, can't do it! Too busy!" (actually, no it wouldn't have. Not for me. Not anymore.) but when someone can do that, it really says a lot about them & their mind set.
I'm not saying there aren't certain circumstances where, yes, you just absolutely must make it up later or tomorrow but far too many people use that easy excuse way too often.
Are you willing to make sacrifices? or just excuses?
Are you important to YOU?
Can you take the time to schedule your time for the benefit of your physical, mental and emotional health?
You can rise above the excuses. Believe that. Because we all have them but you must be able to dig deep and be real with yourself because no one else is going to do it. It has to be you.
YOU control your destiny. YOU make your life what it is. Others can affect it, sure, but YOU have the power to choose HOW they affect your life.
I have wonderful people in my life who always tell me how inspiring I am to them but, most, add they wouldn't be able to do it. BUT THEY CAN! They just won't. It's going to hurt!! It's supposed to! If if were easy, our nation wouldn't be where it is now with the obesity rates. There are plenty of people out there who've lost over ONE HUNDRED pounds just with exercise and proper nutrition. They cried, they were sore, it hurt but they WANTED it. That's the difference.
We take our bodies for granted, many of us.
The things they can do! But instead we poison them to the ground.
Be willing to sacrificed. Show yourself what you're made of.
You have it in you.....let the fire ignite...get angry about it & GO.
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