When I started recording my journey I promised that I would share the warts and all. I decided to do this because on any journey there are bumps in the road, traffic jams and sometimes even roads closed, that can cause us to take longer to get somewhere, or even need to take a detour! The last two weeks for me have not been my best so far and I decided this morning that I would share this with you because for all of us, whatever we are working towards, attempting to achieve, there will be challenges, that is what they say is real life. We had friends come up to stay for half term and we had a fab week, and although we made some excellent food choices, I also made some not so good choices, I allowed more sugar and meat back into my diet and drank less water and did less exercise. This then led into a complete week away working and back into a hotel and guess what..I didnt plan properly, I became complacent and thought it will be OK, I know what Im doing! I could now make all sorts of excuses and say that pressure of work got to me, I was tired, etc etc, but at the end of the day I chose to not always make positive choices. I made those choices, no-one made me, yes, the circumstances were more challenging this week, but had I planned for them, I could have coped better with them! Last year I would have seen these last two weeks as a failing and I know as apples are apples would have thought Ive failed, whats the point of carrying on, I may as well continue eating in this way, ....is this ringing true with any of you? However a year on... I see the last two weeks as a blip, something I get my clients to think of these things as. I see them as confirmation that the lifestyle I have been following has been absolutely right for me, and it is the path I definitely need to follow. Sometimes we need to test out things to see if they really do work, and you know what, in a strange way, these two weeks have made me realise just how important it is to get back on my path! Am I glad I have a headache, feeling more tired than normal and a little low, NO, am I glad that I now have absolute confirmation that I am on the right path for me, ABSOLUTELY YES!! In any aspect of our lives we can sometimes not always take the positive choice and face the consequences of that. The reason I love Paul McKenna, who I trained with, is that he is honest about who he is and the areas, despite his successes, that he still needs to constantly work on. A very good coach, that I met recently, said to me, if you come across a coach that is saying they have never faced a challenge run the other way! they either are not being honest with you, or are not self aware We are all perfectly flawed individuals, and that is what makes us human! Am I slightly annoyed with myself...absolutely! Have I learnt a lot from these last two weeks..absolutely! Am I ready to draw a line under the last two weeks and start afresh today, without regret, anger and guilt..ABSOLUTELY! If and when you find yourself having not made a positive choice, remember; You have a choice as to what you learn from the experience and how you move forward. Life is all about choices and when a journey is challenging, just think about how more amazing it will feel when you get to the end of it! Happy Sunday everyone, Ive off working away again next week, so guess who is going to start planning right now! x
Posted on: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 09:04:30 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015