Last week I mentioned that over the course of the past 10 months I had only lost 15 pounds of the 100 that I wanted to lose. This was a little disheartening and spoke mainly to my lack of discipline when it comes to physical exercise and restraint with food!  Since that last post I’ve been making progress.

• I’ve lost 8.5 lbs
• I’ve reach a small goal of swimming 1km with no breaks
• I recently (last night) swam my first 700 m in only 14 minutes!
• I’ve avoided fast food / junk food / and other temptations for 1 whole week!

I’ve been fortunate to have the support of many good friends in this journey and have realized that the key to success isn’t the absence of failure.  In fact, it’s the opposite….PLUS.

Failing doesn’t feel very good.  It stinks.  But something that feels amazing is winning victories after failure hits.  Getting back up and moving forward insure’s that failure doesn’t rest with me permanently.  It’s simply a learning experience for me and a chance to change how I see things, how I react and how I adapt.

I’m getting stronger every day.  I’m swimming faster every day.  I’m climbing higher every day!

Losing 100lbs, isn’t about the amount that has to be lost….it’s about getting up when you fail, and leaving that failure behind.

I’m eager to hear from you!  Let me know if you have any inspirational thoughts…or advice.  I’m always open to more!  Thanks for reading.

To Life…..

So I’ve been thinking about the word ‘discipline’ and what it means to be disciplined.  Pursuing a goal is much more than simply setting a target and running towards it.  There are many factors at play.  There are the environmental factors / the relationship factors / the motivation factors / the physical factors.  The factors factors.  (Now I’m just making things up…lol)  But discipline seems to be very much an art.  Willpower is definitely a part of the whole process but it’s not simply willpower alone that allows us to complete goals or shape who we are.  There is an artistic component to discipline that allows people to ‘roll with the punches’ so to speak.

The disciplined people that I’ve been watching have made it their life’s goal to use willpower and creative conditioning to attain the goals they’ve desired.  I’ve been focusing on the physical, but the same could be said of any area of life.

So I’m starting fresh.  Using willpower and creative methods to achieve my goals.  To create a life of physical discipline.  To become more than what I am right now.  I’ve heard it said that the person I am right now is a culmination of all of the decisions I’ve made up to and including right now – so I need to start changing the decisions….using willpower in creative ways.  What does that mean exactly?  I have no idea.  I only know that I’ve got no where to go but up!

I have 81 days to meet my goal.
I have 67 days until I climb the CN Tower.
I have 1 choice to make.

To Life…..

There will be a monthly contest put on between the three of us.

We will be having larger challenges once in a while to include all the people from the challenge as well.

The three of us are going to be doing work outs together in the near future as well as on our own time so that we can compare ideas and weight loss.

Each month (we think at all night prayer) there will be a weigh in and measure to make sure we are staying on track.

We are going to be taking Brazilian Ju-jitsu classes as well.

So here is what we need from you.  WE WANT YOU TO HELP US PICK OUR CHALLENGES.

Leave a comment on this post or contact us letting us know what you think we should be doing.

Matt started this off with a “who can make an 8 foot pile of snow the fastest.” Contest.

Lets see what you can think of.  Pick something that you would show up to watch us do.

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To Life…..

HELP.  I am not going back to what I was.  Stand with me.  Lift me up.