To begin my list of changes that I am making in my life, I am starting off with my diet and I'm jumping in with both feet. Will power has always eluded me when it came to food and frankly I've always had a sort of denial about it. I've always been into lifting weights and exercising and while I may not have been consistent, I have continued my enjoyment each and every time I began a new workout routine. My real issue has always been on the diet side of the coin and I did not want to acknowledge that fact. I felt like I always needed to eat at every meal and that was just the way that the body worked. I knew better. I've learned even more since I first began experimenting with exercise and now that I am completing my personal trainer certification, a whole new world has opened up. The time has come.
I began this week with major changes in the way I eat as well as what I take in. There is no starting slow with this and I refuse to give in. I have put down the daily dose of soda that I used to drink as well as sweets. Trust me when I say that I am paying for it right now. The pounding in my head began to creep up on me this morning and has continued to aggravate and irritate me ever since. I don't know how much longer it will last but I have made the commitment and I will follow through, simply because I have never followed through on anything like this attempt. It is a small change, but it is building the confidence that I will need for my future endeavors.
The way in which I eat has also been modified. I had to break the chain of eating three meals a day just because that was the normal routine. Now I make it a point to skip at least one and possibly two meals each day, rotating which meal it is that I skip. Before you judge, let me say that this is not a permanent thing and I will be switching to a 5 meal a day plan to go along with a new workout routine. I am skipping meals here and there to prove to myself that I don't always need to have food at breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
So there it is. The beginning of my new beginning and the base that I am building on. I am going to master my will power and put my determination to the test. If you want something that you have never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done.- Thomas Jefferson
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Monday, April 29, 2013
Energy Flows
Over the last decade of my life, I have always felt like something was missing. It has become even more prevalent in the last year or so and I can no longer keep walking forward and ignore this inner voice that screams out for attention. I'm not where I want to be at all. My family life has suffered, my physique is lacking, and my days seem to be depressed. I'm in a routine that drives me crazy and I can't find my way out, until now.
I have spent almost 12 years in the Navy now. Most of them have been great and I can never forget all the great times. Well, some of them I have never been able to remember because of some extracurricular sailor activities. My Navy career has shown me the world in ways that very few can imagine and I have knowledge of people and places that few will ever understand. It comes with the territory. Through all of that, I have always felt this gravitational pull that led me back to the Internet where I would sit and look at the Google page. My mind would be filled with amazing ideas for business start-ups along with thousands of questions about nothing more than where to start. I sat and pondered for an hour about what I should search for but nothing ever came to mind. I was lost so I would close my laptop and continue on with my day, as if the Navy was exactly where I belonged in this world. I continued this until it became a daily routine and my dreams began to disappear, since I didn't have the drive to achieve them.
That all changed in one quick moment. As I perused through my Facebook page one day, I came across a quote by Thomas Jefferson. "If you want something you've never had, then you must be willing to do something you've never done." It was that moment that I decided to make the changes in my life that would make me happy. Instead of allowing my daily routine to drag me down, I changed it so that I can use it as a jump-off point for what I really want and where I really want to be.
Change starts small. I began my transformation with a simple switch of my morning route to work. At first I was unsure if the route I had chosen would even get me to the ship because I did not map it out or navigate. I took a chance to see where it would lead me. If I was late to work, then oh well. Turns out that my choice was a good one and I arrived right about my normal time. The next change was with my food choices. Instead of ordering the foods that I was comfortable with, I chose something different and almost random. Good or bad, it was a complete change and the results were more than just something different. I began to feel a confidence that I didn't have before and it has led me to continue with changes in my life. Now here I am, making an even bigger change!
I can't explain the excitement that I feel or the energy that is flowing through me but I am determined to walk the path that I am building and I will finish my work in success. Happiness is not only a state of mind, but a state of living! If you aren't in that state yet, then pay attention. Follow my lead if you want or make your own but start making changes. I know I don't regret it.
I have spent almost 12 years in the Navy now. Most of them have been great and I can never forget all the great times. Well, some of them I have never been able to remember because of some extracurricular sailor activities. My Navy career has shown me the world in ways that very few can imagine and I have knowledge of people and places that few will ever understand. It comes with the territory. Through all of that, I have always felt this gravitational pull that led me back to the Internet where I would sit and look at the Google page. My mind would be filled with amazing ideas for business start-ups along with thousands of questions about nothing more than where to start. I sat and pondered for an hour about what I should search for but nothing ever came to mind. I was lost so I would close my laptop and continue on with my day, as if the Navy was exactly where I belonged in this world. I continued this until it became a daily routine and my dreams began to disappear, since I didn't have the drive to achieve them.
That all changed in one quick moment. As I perused through my Facebook page one day, I came across a quote by Thomas Jefferson. "If you want something you've never had, then you must be willing to do something you've never done." It was that moment that I decided to make the changes in my life that would make me happy. Instead of allowing my daily routine to drag me down, I changed it so that I can use it as a jump-off point for what I really want and where I really want to be.
Change starts small. I began my transformation with a simple switch of my morning route to work. At first I was unsure if the route I had chosen would even get me to the ship because I did not map it out or navigate. I took a chance to see where it would lead me. If I was late to work, then oh well. Turns out that my choice was a good one and I arrived right about my normal time. The next change was with my food choices. Instead of ordering the foods that I was comfortable with, I chose something different and almost random. Good or bad, it was a complete change and the results were more than just something different. I began to feel a confidence that I didn't have before and it has led me to continue with changes in my life. Now here I am, making an even bigger change!
I can't explain the excitement that I feel or the energy that is flowing through me but I am determined to walk the path that I am building and I will finish my work in success. Happiness is not only a state of mind, but a state of living! If you aren't in that state yet, then pay attention. Follow my lead if you want or make your own but start making changes. I know I don't regret it.
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