Evolution Two – week nine
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Hello Folks,
There are a few factors that I must face in order to keep going on this fitness schedule....
Number one is that I have to expect that I will achieve all of my fitness goals. Since I am still confronted by my progress plateau I am faced with this number one thought. Do I expect to reach my goal? I set the final goal for when I turn forty, which makes me feel like I have a long time to achieve it. However, this can act as a deterrent as well as a motivator. For me, if I don’t set short term goals ~which is what I originally started off doing~ then it makes it all that much harder to achieve my long term goal.
Number two is that if I actually believe in the law of cause and effect (which I do) then as long as I put effort towards this goal there will be results. By working with the law of Karma I can use it in my favor.
Number three is that I have to ask myself how determined I am to achieve this goal. If I can apply inner strength, will power, discipline, and stamina to stay on course then I can achieve anything.
Number four is that I ask myself how much I place value on this part of my life. Do I feel that health and fitness are important and a high priority in my life. This is when I look a little into my past and compare my quality of life now as to then. On many levels my quality of life increases as I “Take Care” of myself. This is really what is most important to me, since exercise and nutrition have been self-nurturing activities for me.
Last is to believe in myself and follow the priniciples that apply to weight loss. Emotional eating can be a big opponent on the path to fitness. The laws that apply say that energy consumption and output leave a blueprint on your body. If I apply these laws and challenge the old opponent I will succeed.
I know that effort is key to success. I am also suspicious that if I learn how to be more present with my feelings and really know them and sit with them in the moment that my opponent “Emotional Eating” will soon lose its power over me. I have a very old habit of detaching from my feelings when I am hurting. What would it feel like to stay with them for a while and feel them rather than placate them with food?
Finally, exercise can be a meditation on all of these things....emotions, self-awareness, staying present. I know when I am present exercising because nothing else enters my mind, because I am so body aware and since body and emotions are truly one and the same, what better place to start.
Hello Folks,
There are a few factors that I must face in order to keep going on this fitness schedule....
Number one is that I have to expect that I will achieve all of my fitness goals. Since I am still confronted by my progress plateau I am faced with this number one thought. Do I expect to reach my goal? I set the final goal for when I turn forty, which makes me feel like I have a long time to achieve it. However, this can act as a deterrent as well as a motivator. For me, if I don’t set short term goals ~which is what I originally started off doing~ then it makes it all that much harder to achieve my long term goal.
Number two is that if I actually believe in the law of cause and effect (which I do) then as long as I put effort towards this goal there will be results. By working with the law of Karma I can use it in my favor.
Number three is that I have to ask myself how determined I am to achieve this goal. If I can apply inner strength, will power, discipline, and stamina to stay on course then I can achieve anything.
Number four is that I ask myself how much I place value on this part of my life. Do I feel that health and fitness are important and a high priority in my life. This is when I look a little into my past and compare my quality of life now as to then. On many levels my quality of life increases as I “Take Care” of myself. This is really what is most important to me, since exercise and nutrition have been self-nurturing activities for me.
Last is to believe in myself and follow the priniciples that apply to weight loss. Emotional eating can be a big opponent on the path to fitness. The laws that apply say that energy consumption and output leave a blueprint on your body. If I apply these laws and challenge the old opponent I will succeed.
I know that effort is key to success. I am also suspicious that if I learn how to be more present with my feelings and really know them and sit with them in the moment that my opponent “Emotional Eating” will soon lose its power over me. I have a very old habit of detaching from my feelings when I am hurting. What would it feel like to stay with them for a while and feel them rather than placate them with food?
Finally, exercise can be a meditation on all of these things....emotions, self-awareness, staying present. I know when I am present exercising because nothing else enters my mind, because I am so body aware and since body and emotions are truly one and the same, what better place to start.
Exercise: Interval (run 30 min., bike 25 min.)
Menu: veggie and protein
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: If you wonder about the difference between attachment and enjoyment, ask yourself how you would react if suddenly an object you valued was gone.
Until next time…
Think, Believe, Act, Achieve
Dakota
Today’s Mantra: If you wonder about the difference between attachment and enjoyment, ask yourself how you would react if suddenly an object you valued was gone.
