I’ve been meaning to start my Turbulence Training and Xtreme Fat Loss Diet challenges twice now – and both times I’ve gotten off really badly.
Mostly it’s about poor planning and poor execution on my part (the fact that we just got an additional horse that we’re breaking in these day also played a part because I suddenly lost 90 minutes per day)
But mostly it was about bad planning.
I could have planned to get up at 5:30 to work out – but I didn’t
I could have squeezed in some BW workouts at home with just a 45 minute gap between work and training the horse – but I didn’t
I could have stuck to the meal plan from XFLD despite not working out – but I didn’t.
And if I had just waited a few more days then I was past the latest starting date for these competitions, and then I could have just forgotten all about my commitment to lose the remaining 15 kilo and get really fit – but I didn’t.
You see, sometimes we put off things so many times that we eventually just give up on ever getting them started properly.
It’s like “I tried to lose weight 3 times now and failed every time, so I might as well not try again and save myself from defeat and failure”
But the thing is; just because you don’t excel at something the first time you try it doesn’t automatically make you a failure.
Behind a lot of procrastination lies fear – fear of not acing something, fear of not getting it absolutely perfect, fear of not succeeding.
Acknowledging your fears can be hard – really hard; it’s like “if I acknowledge it was fear that was holding me back, what kind of failure am I for not seing it upfront? – guess it’s safer to just pretend I’m not afraid at all”
And when I sat down and asked myself “Why have I planned so poorly that I am even starting to use that as an excuse for not getting started?” I discovered my own fears.
Fear of falling flat on my face when it comes to following XFLD because it’s unlike anything I’ve ever tried when it comes to losing weight fast.
And fear of not being able to progress fast enough with the Turbulence Training workouts to reach my 12-week goal.
It’s when I addressed those fears that I was able to put them aside as stupid and silly fears – and get on with what really matters – getting started.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, but I know I have a few hours in the middle of the day for my training. The diet is easy tomorrow since it’s a fast day.
Start weight: 94.6 kilo
Front and Side Before shots done, but not uploaded yet.
See you tomorrow with another update on my progress.
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