Ready... Set.... GO!!!!

Today's feeling?  Apprehensive.

I'm starting my very first 24 Day Challenge.  I've prepped food... I've prepared my workouts for the month... I've taken measurements.  I'm prepared.  I AM!  REALLY!!

So, why do I feel so scared?

Because this is new.  And different.  And I have friends counting on me to lead them through the challenge.

Because I have a tendency to overplan and overthink.  And when I have too much planning and too much thinking?  I don't always succeed.

Because it means I'll have to get through 24 days with no coffee.  And I promised myself once upon a time that I would NEVER give up coffee.

Because I will have to succeed on my own.  Yes, I have a great support team, but success here will depend solely on my actions.

Because taking responsibility for all the poor decisions I've made over the past year is HARD.  And changing habits?  That's hard too.  In fact, it's easier to get up in the morning and jump right back into my normal habits.  But, from experience, I know that it gets easier the more and more I do it.

So, yes... I'm apprehensive.  And nervous.

But, I'm relishing the challenge of something different.  I'm taking it one day at a time.  I know that I can succeed on my own because I've done it.  And taking responsibility?  Absolutely done.  I CAN DO THIS.

(Giving up coffee though?  The jury's still out on that one......)

Booster Shot Needed

I feel like a Britney Spears song.

I've oopsed and done it again.  No matter how many times I start a plan, I go hard on it for a few days and then I'm back to the drawing board.  The reality is that I LOVE making plans.  I just don't particularly like executing them.  I can run the gamut of excuses: I got bored.  I didn't have time.  I just started a new job.  I don't have the right equipment.  I was travelling.  We were out of chicken.  

Truth, though?  Yes, those are all factors.  But, I need to take responsibility for both my own actions and inactions.  I just haven't been taking care of myself like I should.

I had my own personal intervention with myself and decided that I needed a booster shot of something to get me started.  

Ask and ye shall receive, right?  A week later, as part of my new job, I was given an AdvoCare distributorship.  I was a little skeptical at first, but decided that it might just be the jump start I needed to get myself going again.

So, I created myself a workout plan and ordered my very first 24 DAY CHALLENGE!  I'm starting the Sunday after Thanksgiving to give myself a great jump start to the new year.

Over the next 24 days, you'll see a return to the healthy me.  One who is exercising and eating right.  Want to follow my challenge?  I'll be blogging periodically throughout the challenge to let everyone know progress and results.

Interested in joining me on the challenge and changing your own life?  

Email me at breetaylortrainer@gmail.com.