Who has the time? It takes too much time. I don't have enough time. I need more time! Common feedback I hear when asking clients to bring in their completed nutrition log or the answer I get when asking how their interval training session went that they were supposed to complete on their own yesterday. I usually only hear it once or twice because they know the lecture they're about to get for the next 45 minutes about priorities. They know I'll ask them to remind me what their goals are. Then they also know I'll ask them how they expect to reach those goals without taking the steps necessary to get there. Following that, they'll hear about how they're prolonging a process that can be completed in a fairly short amount of time, and instead they'd rather drag they're habituated self through the mud and relish in the "I told you so's" just one more time.
Wait, wait, wait, WAIT!!! C'mon now. Don't click to another page yet. I didn't say it would be easy and I didn't say it is impossible. The process I engage my clients in when in the depths of their struggles is something out of the ordinary and fairly regimented with enough space to grow and manifest. You see, you have to give up completely and surrender everything you think you know in order for the manifestation to take place. What you think you know will often sabotage your efforts and close you down to the possibilities.
And so the re-education of the importance of life begins. What's more important than your health and well being? These are the foundations for anything and everything...and I mean EVERYTHING...in your existence. If the foundation is poor, the rest of the structure will crumble.
Want to know why disease and illness catches up to us without us knowing we're actually in the process of damaging our foundation little by little on a daily basis? It's because you can't see it happening! All the sabotage is taking place behind closed doors! You can't see your organs struggling and becoming toxic and diseased. You can't see your cells dying off. You can't see your intestines struggling to find nutrients in the crap you eat. You can't hear your bones, joints, muscles and connective tissue screaming at you to get off your ass and move as the body was made to do. It just happens one day. Takes a while to reach the surface and when it does, oh boy the shock it creates.
So, what do you do? I like to think about the body, it's psyche and the energetic being housed inside it as a structure needing constant care and maintenance. Think of it like this, if you don't get your vehicle regularly serviced and on a maintenance schedule you probably aren't doing it for your structural self either. Prioritizing time for the "personal project" is a must.
TIME HAS COME TODAY
Where to start? Block out small sections of time in the morning, the afternoon and evening. Fifteen minutes here, thirty minutes there. When I say block out time, I mean it. Write it in your schedule, day planner, palm pilot, whatever...just do it. Now begin to fill those time slots with exercise allotments and time for meal preparations. Stops at the grocery store are essential and don't forget to ask the kid inside you what they'd like to do every once in a while. You'd be surprised to find how much positive reinforcement you'll give yourself just by asking yourself what you need today. And if it's the kid inside who says he/she wants to go play...then go play! It's a priority!
So, get yourself on a maintenance schedule and prioritize time slots in the day to get to that maintenance. Just that one simple step of blocking out time for yourself will get you started and well on your way to a healthier existence. Don't forget to include Habitsforming group training sessions as part of your daily, healthier existence time allotment.
Until next time.... Rochelle Gravance