In 2012,
I've had the pleasure of working with all of my returning clients and
many new clients. I've had the fortune of training people with
varied goals. I've been blessed.
A new
client said to me recently, “I don't care how things taste, I'll
eat the food that will get me to my goal.”
At that
moment, I knew that I had a client who was going to reach his goals.
I
recognized myself in him.
He was
committed to his goal. He was going to reach his goal NO MATTER
WHAT.
In four
and a half weeks, he's reached a goal of fitting in his unbutton-able
pants more quickly than anticipated.
Wow.
I'm
totally impressed, and I'm pretty sure he is too.
He has a
few more goals he's set for himself and I know that he'll reach those
too.
Through
nutritional education, perseverance and work ethic, he's reached
every goal he's set to date.
It's
exciting to watch!
I've
done a lot of thinking about the subject of setting goals and
achieving them. In 2012, I set some pretty lofty goals and achieved
more than expected. I've wondered how I did this. I've done hours
of soul searching (okay, overly dramatic here for purposes of gaining
your undivided attention) for my next book project and for my baker's
dozen whole-health-wellness modules.
I've
wondered how I could have achieved high aspirations, since many years
ago, I was something of an underachiever.
The
conclusion I've come to after many hours of thought and research is
this: I committed.
What?
I
committed to achieving a goal, and never took my eye off the
attainment of the end result.
My most
proud moment in 2012 came when I stepped nervously on a scale in Las
Vegas, NV and weighed 131.34 pounds. For those of you not used to
the crazy food/weight world of powerlifters, on August 12th,
2012, I committed to getting to a new weight class for my next
powerlifting meet in 10 weeks. That morning, my scales read 149 lbs,
yet I made a decision I was going to get to 132 NO MATTER WHAT. I
had ten weeks to reach my goal. Ten weeks that included a lot of
opportunities to eat badly and drink poorly and to not train
properly. But, because I committed, I planned to outwit any
obstacle. Fail to plan, plan to fail. I came up with a plan A, B
AND C.
When I
stepped on those scales on October 18th , and had lost nineteen
pounds, it was one of of the proudest moments of the year.
I see
that commitment it in my client.
He's
going to attain his goal, no matter what.
Success
breeds success and he's on his way to long term success in
whole-health-wellness.
I'm
excited for him as he continues his journey and proud of him too!
What's
next?
2013!
That's
right...a whole NEW YEAR full of endless possibilities for each of
us!