Pre-Season Task 'Get Real' - No Excuses - Tues 8th May

Round 2 - 12 Week Body Transformation - Ding Ding - BRING IT!!!

Mish makes us do Pre-Season Tasks to help us get our head into the right mind set and as I've heard many times - 'Train the Mind and the Body with follow', how many times have you heard someone say the mind will give up well before the body does.

I've seen this many times before with real life and on the Biggest Loser and even doing it myself going OMG I can't do that or you stop to have a second think before doing something.  

So we watch the video and list our excuses.  They are broken up into various areas of internal (eg self talk I'm tired etc) to external - (eg weather, family illnesses etc).  I've watched the video twice now to make sure that I've heard all I need to hear!

My previous round I only joined the night before so didn't have a lot of time to dedicate to the pre-season tasks - even though I did them and felt that I understood them this round I'm here to NAIL them and be the best I can be!

My top excuses that I have listed are :

Internal  (all about me and what I'm feeling) within my control

I'm too tired / too sore / too lazy / not motivated

    - I think we all have these and let's face it this is just where you need to pul out the JFDI 

       (Just Friggen Do It) card, book in the workout as an appointment and then go and do it!

SOLUTION - JFDI & think about how much you want this!  Think about where you want to be in 12 weeks time, be glad that your ON the journey  and also adopt ROBOT MODE!  Also the pain from the workout will not last forever the soreness is something to embrass knowing that I have 'stepped it up' in my training!

Mish talks that a lot of people have 'a lack of motivation' but I've learnt that I just have to go into Robot Mode and if I've planned a workout then I'm just going to do it and be happy that there's another one done and dusted!

I'd be able to do it with someone else...

 - in the past I have spent a lot of time looking for someone to take 'walks' with and also proabably someone to have as many excuses as me but as I learnt from the last round.  I can't rely on anyone but me.  I have met many like minded people but sometimes after agreeing to go to the same gym session they haven't rocked up so I've been dissapointed.

SOLUTION - I decided that it's just about me and if other's come along the journey with me that's great but I need to have my own head space right I can't spend time pumping up a lot of others as they have to want to do it for themselves and I get that - as this was me a while ago.

I'm scared of success

 - although I'm really happy with that I have done so far why aren't I still forging ahead in between rounds I'm backing off on training I am releasing the wheels a little so I don't burn out and I guess just to take stock of what I have done and to take time to really focus on where I want to go next.

SOLUTION - ask for help, make a plan and express my concerns who are there to support and encourage me on this journey!

External (pointing finger at other things but still within my control)

I'm too busy

 - I think I proved last round that I wasn't too busy as I backed off on a lot of my work committments and while I do feel a little sad that I'm not as successful as I was last year with work I also see that I wasn't really all that happy with aspects of my work and also the extra stress was weighing me down.  It did lead to a lot of the reasons why I was carrying so much extra weight I was doing a lot of stuff to please other's and not for myself so I made 2012 the year for ME! 

SOLUTION - Make an appointment with myself and be done with it!  That's my TIME.  I'm being a better person to make myself happy and if I'm happy then the family will be happy (as they say Happy Life = Happy Wife... LOL).  Also have my gym bag ALWAYS ready to go and even in the car so I don't waste time with transition.

Expenses

- I will budget the money to do the things I need to do.  I already have the gym membership and have worked out the best deals for me to do my other things like Zumba.  For something that I really love to do I will find a way to find the $$$.  

SOLUTION - I'd rather spend money now on prevention rather than spend more time, energy and $$$ on trying to heal myself from constant health issues of being overweight!  Also a lot of Mish's program you can do outside you don't need anything special

External Excuses (out of the blue and out of my control)

My son's meltdowns

 - my son has mild autism he's 9 years old but has difficult times at school and often needs to come home early for his safety and mine (and our sanity) I need to bring him home.  

SOLUTION - I should have trained already for the day - or I will have the evening to do my training when my hubby is home!

Family Illness

 - nothing is ever planned is it!

SOLUTIONS - same as above

I'm taking FULL responsibility for MYSELF!  I'm a WOMAN OF MY WORD!!!