The 12WBT is about to begin (4 days to go!), so the participants have been given the first week's menu, exercise plan, and challenge. The challenge this week is to write a letter to ourselves, answering a set of questions or prompts. Here goes!
Dear Kelly,
First off, I know you are feeling a little bit nervous, a little bit excited, and very motivated. It's a little bit different than before, and you like it, because you know that it's going to be THIS TIME. It's going to be this time, because you've changed. You no longer act on your impulse to gratify first and think later. You don't deny yourself, but you don't indulge every time either. You consider the consequences of your actions, before you take them, rather than feeling guilty and killing yourself in the gym afterwards. You are learning how to control your mind, train it to think the way you want it to, while still being a fun, life-loving person. you're not missing out on anything, you're allowing yourself to live a healthy, full, life.
What happens when a bad day rolls around? How will you cope? How will you shine? You'll do what you've always done - make the most of the situation. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off. Go back to your goals. Remember why you're doing this. You'll slip, it's inevitable. It's what comes after the slip that's important. How quickly you pick up the pieces and get back in the game. How well you recognise the behaviour, acknowledge it, modify it, and move on. Get back on track.
You've got it in you. You've done it before. Remember back to when you first started at this job and you were determined to win that competition? You stuck to the plan, you did what needed to be done. You need to do that again. You've proved it to yourself this week, and last week, and you can continue to do it FOREVER. Remember how you realised that? That this isn't for 12 weeks, that this is forever? Yeah. It still is.
What will make you proud? Hitting that goal weight? Running a 10km race? Getting through a cali class without wondering how you can get out of doing something because you can't expend the energy required? Waking up one morning and realising that you're growing a person inside of you? All of these things will make you proud. Changing your body and your mind will change your life. That will make you proud, won't it? Yes. It will.
Who's here for you? So many people. More people are here for you than want you to fail. You need to accept help when it's offered. Stacey is your rock. Dave is your husband and best friend, your confidant, your partner in crime. There are so many around you who want you to succeed. Who know you can do it. Who want to see you shine. There are a few who will be jealous, who don't like that you're becoming a better person. Forget those people. They don't matter to you, they never have. You're doing this for YOU.
The ones who matter, they'll tell you to stay strong. To be determined to succeed. To make the right choice, even when the right choice is the hard choice. There's always a price to pay for the easy way out, and you've paid enough already. It's time to get into credit, to start living, and living well.
See ya soon, you crazy kid!
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