Thursday, June 25th

Yesterday's training about Time Traveling, or envisioning ourselves at day 90 (September 17th) was awesome! It was sweet talking as if I had already accomplished my goal and was 230 lbs and living a lifestyle that was healthy and easy to maintain. I was very proud of myself, and I am very proud of myself as well for taking the steps necessary to get me to where I am today and propelling me into what I will become in the future.
The story of the acrobats also hit home for me. I have always been a fan of Zig Ziglar and one of the principals he teaches goes hand in hand with the idea of "jumping the tree." He talks about a jumping insect, I don't remember which insect exactly. Anyway, this insect can jump higher than a foot. But if you put it in a jar and cover the jar it will keep jumping and hitting the lid, but eventually it jumps and stops hitting the lid. You take it out of the jar and now it can only go as high as it was going in the jar, just below the lid. Zig relates this to the way we let ourselves and others put a ceiling on our growth which programs us to only reach so high, when in reality, we can go far beyond that ceiling point. But, we beat ourselves up and start believing our self-doubts and the doubts that others express. We live up to our expectations.

Jumping the tree has the opposite effect. By taking our goals and breaking them up into focusing on what we need to do today we can continually jump higher and higher until finally we are reaching our goal and exceeding it in most cases. But instead of imagining the transformation as one large leap, we see it as a ton of small steps and jumps. We can guarantee our success with our goals by simplifying the process this way and not letting ourselves get overwhelmed at the main objective of our goals.
Anyway, things were good yesterday. I started off my day with a killer workout. Unfortunately Becki wasn't able to come with me in the morning because we didn't have a babysitter. But, I was proud of myself for being able to push myself as if she was there. She is an awesome supporter and really pushes me to go beyond what I normally would do. I even ran the 3 ladders at the end of my workout, which she decided to add to our workouts. Almost puked again, but felt incredible...felt like I really worked out!
I also did 9 push up and 45 sit ups to start the day. It felt great!
Meals:
7 am Apple
10:30 am Efusjon Acai Berry Drink
1 pm Meal over at Noah's (Salad, chicken, beef, and mashed potatoes). Good portions.
3 pm Efusjon Drink
6 pm Becki brought home some food from young woman's activity (chicken strips, beef strips, beans). I gave my roll to Becki and my brownie to Brennan.
9 pm Efusjon drink.
Chris
I AM A LEAN MEAN 22o LB MUSCLE MACHINE! I AM 100% COMMITTED! I CAN JUMP TREES!