Mental Toughness

Mental toughness.... ie. learning to suck it up/man up/stop being a little bitch!

Myself included, gosh aren't we all just a bunch of whiners..... whinging on about I wanna lose weight, I want to get fit, I want to spend more time at home. I'm a fully fledged member of the "loves a moan but doesn't act club" so this isn't a criticism but having pulled my shit together in the last couple of days on the diet front and made decisions to support my work/life balance, I have to say it feels pretty darn good.

I was reflecting on this last night. Laying my clothes out for the ever promised morning cardio that never materialises, all the while thinking of opening up a packet of protein cookies and chowing down. I talked myself out of doing so by simply asking myself the question

"will eating that packed of cookies at 11pm at night be a decision that supports my goals, or one that hinders my progress??"

I mentally called myself a smart arse and continued on packing my bags.

But seriously I guess we're all good at critiquing others and wondering "why don't they just...." in heaps of areas of life - diet, exercise, financial goals, relationships!! But turning that same logical back around on myself somehow doesn't translate.

For instance, a lady in work yesterday whom I have heard on many occasions moan about her weight, over and over and over again!! Her lunch choices, I have noticed, ain't exactly helping the situation she spends so much time complaining about but I appreciate not everyone is as educated about food and nutrition. But then to buy a box of chocolates and take offense when I don't want one just completely perplexed me. Not only did she go out and buy the chocolates, she was happily scoffing half the box (to be fair I'd be happy too with a mouthful of chocolate), baffled that I wasn't following suit...

I didn't give an explanation, I didn't gaze longingly at the box, I just said "no thank you" with a smile.

Don't get me wrong I LOVE chocolate and have a wicked sweet tooth. There are tales of me consuming a whole pavlova at a BBQ and literally turning sheet white with the sugar rush, but I'll leave that story for Lola to tell :-)

So the point of this ramble.... Morning cardio is something I've known for a long time I need to reintroduce into my schedule - that, and being consistent with clean nutrition. It has always worked for me in targeting fat and I used to do it religiously, I couldn't function in the morning without having had a good sweat. Poor Trev Dog I promise him every evening "see you in the morning" but never get up to do it.

This morning however was different, I sucked it up and in truth, it wasn't so bad! I actually enjoyed it and even more so enjoyed the feeling leaving the gym a sweaty betty and jumping into my car invigorated and feeling WIDE awake!

Taking that big cup of MAN UP actually made me feel really good.....

Love

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