Steady, Effective Progress

So in the flurry of the past two months of training, and retraining my nutritional habits, I've failed to blog very often about these changes.  Course, I don't have many that read this blog, but that's okay.  That's going to change.

I must say that I'm extremely impressed with what the past two months have brought.  I've dropped 27 pounds, balanced my nutritional intake to the point where 'off plan' food is not even an issue any more, and have transformed the entire way with which I approach my life. 

Amazing what 9 weeks short weeks can unfurl.

My first hint of this shift of paradigm for me came when my trainer gave me a back workout not two weeks ago. While reviewing said workout laid out there before me, my eyes quickly fell to the first group of exercises - three sets of three pullups. Pullups. The kind of thing you do in boot camp, or see in movies about boot camp. Pullups. Requiring the ever illusive, upper body strength to lift one's own life to the top of a beam, or perhaps in a more unfortunate set of circumstances up off of the crumbling face of a mountain cliff.... but me? ME?  A pullup?  The immediate and actual thought that passed through my mind was not one of doubt, fret or drudgery - no... the immediate thought was "WOW! I'm going to be able to do PULLUPS in a few weeks!!"

This is a stark, drastic and distinct change of thought process than I would have had 9 weeks ago.  While reviewing workouts I was just beginning with, I was filled with doubt, fret and drudgery. 'I'm not going to be able to do this! I'm so weak! I'm pathetic! How can he be serious, I can't do this...'  BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.

I'm present to the complete fact that we experience our lives, we CREATE our lives with the thoughts that we think, and the way in which we respond to those thoughts.  I fancy the idea that perhaps one day I will be free of the endlessly negative blather than my mind inflicts upon me.... but I know better than that. To be made aware of these thoughts is all we can do. Pay attention. Give yourself the honor of considering what you speak of to yourself.  Really listen.

I'm listening to another voice in me now. The one that is alive, vibrant, enthusiastic and electric. She tells me I can achieve anything.  She tells me that I am unbounded, unrestrained and free.  She tells me it is perfect and beautiful to be the perfect and beautiful me. This transformation is about everything on the inside and it automatically manifests on the outside!

Pictures to come.  Love you one and all!