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Hi Everyone;
Wow, what an excellent weekend we all had who just left the REIN ALIFE weekend. I`ve been a REIN member for a couple years now and have had some measure of success compared to where I was when I began investing, but this weekend really made me open my eyes to something a whole lot bigger. For me, it`s come down to realizing that my BIG FAT LIE has kept me from developing the confidence I need to realize my full potential.
So, here it is for everyone to see - my BIG FAT LIE is constantly telling myself that I`m `just too busy` to take care of a lot of the things in my personal life that are drastically important. Specifically, I`ve been telling myself for the past few years that `I`m too busy` to eat right and train in the gym, and as a result I`ve gained a full 100 lbs due to lack of physical activity and probably over eating as a stress release mechanism. I`ve been `too busy` to stay in close contact and to BE PRESENT with my closest family probably the majority of the time even though I love them all dearly.
There are other things, but these are two things that I have decided that will absolutely stop right now. You see, I used to be a pretty active powerlifter (495 lb bench press, 700 lb deadlift and 500 lb squat at 18 years old!) and now I am embarassed to have people that used to know me see me now. I used to live in Ontario before moving to BC and people wouldn`t recognize me in the state that I`m in now back home. This change affects every aspect of my life - my confidence is cut short, I don`t like the way I look, feel, have low energy - and I`m sick of it.
My next change will be to actually invest time with my family instead of regarding it as `wasting` time. When I heard Mr. Francey talk about this - especially about being present, it really hit me inside and I understood then what I had unintentionally been doing.
SO - I wasn`t able to find a DO partner like Steffany talked about and I wanted to use this forum to pubically state what I want to do and hopefully get some contacts to keep me responsible and `on the hook` for this - because I am absolutely committed to changing this NOW, and to just forget the BIG FAT LIE with the TRUTH.
I am committed to losing 80 lbs in the next 12 months. I`ve just finished completing a new personal home gym (set up really nice!) and have absolutely no excuses this time around not to follow through. I will enter into a local bodybuilding competition and finish within the top 5 next June.
If I can finally overcome this hurdle and `get over it` as Don would say with this obstacle in my life, it would just bring so many gifts into my life, as well as my family and my beautiful 22 month old daughter that deserves her Daddy to be confident, vibrant and full of energy...and I owe all this to her and more...
So - I am starting RIGHT NOW!
What my intention here is hopefully that another REIN member will enter into a journey with me (whatever BIG FAT LIE you have) to overcome whatever obstacle is stopping them, and allow me to `keep them on the hook` and accountable.
Better yet if MORE than one REIN member will jump into a journey with me!
Hope everyone else had a great weekend;
Best Wishes;
Wow, what an excellent weekend we all had who just left the REIN ALIFE weekend. I`ve been a REIN member for a couple years now and have had some measure of success compared to where I was when I began investing, but this weekend really made me open my eyes to something a whole lot bigger. For me, it`s come down to realizing that my BIG FAT LIE has kept me from developing the confidence I need to realize my full potential.
So, here it is for everyone to see - my BIG FAT LIE is constantly telling myself that I`m `just too busy` to take care of a lot of the things in my personal life that are drastically important. Specifically, I`ve been telling myself for the past few years that `I`m too busy` to eat right and train in the gym, and as a result I`ve gained a full 100 lbs due to lack of physical activity and probably over eating as a stress release mechanism. I`ve been `too busy` to stay in close contact and to BE PRESENT with my closest family probably the majority of the time even though I love them all dearly.
There are other things, but these are two things that I have decided that will absolutely stop right now. You see, I used to be a pretty active powerlifter (495 lb bench press, 700 lb deadlift and 500 lb squat at 18 years old!) and now I am embarassed to have people that used to know me see me now. I used to live in Ontario before moving to BC and people wouldn`t recognize me in the state that I`m in now back home. This change affects every aspect of my life - my confidence is cut short, I don`t like the way I look, feel, have low energy - and I`m sick of it.
My next change will be to actually invest time with my family instead of regarding it as `wasting` time. When I heard Mr. Francey talk about this - especially about being present, it really hit me inside and I understood then what I had unintentionally been doing.
SO - I wasn`t able to find a DO partner like Steffany talked about and I wanted to use this forum to pubically state what I want to do and hopefully get some contacts to keep me responsible and `on the hook` for this - because I am absolutely committed to changing this NOW, and to just forget the BIG FAT LIE with the TRUTH.
I am committed to losing 80 lbs in the next 12 months. I`ve just finished completing a new personal home gym (set up really nice!) and have absolutely no excuses this time around not to follow through. I will enter into a local bodybuilding competition and finish within the top 5 next June.
If I can finally overcome this hurdle and `get over it` as Don would say with this obstacle in my life, it would just bring so many gifts into my life, as well as my family and my beautiful 22 month old daughter that deserves her Daddy to be confident, vibrant and full of energy...and I owe all this to her and more...
So - I am starting RIGHT NOW!
What my intention here is hopefully that another REIN member will enter into a journey with me (whatever BIG FAT LIE you have) to overcome whatever obstacle is stopping them, and allow me to `keep them on the hook` and accountable.
Better yet if MORE than one REIN member will jump into a journey with me!
Hope everyone else had a great weekend;
Best Wishes;