Mind Matters..

Mind Matters I learn this lesson over and over when it comes to my fitness, my nutrition, my attitude.... my mind holds the greatest power over everything else that then follows...

Tuesday 27th Nov.... Only 28 days till Christmas, 35 days till 2013 and interestingly around 95 days until the Arnold Classic.

Does the Arnold Classic matter to me.... well I won't be attending or competing or anything like that, but I don't have any holidays planned next year, no major plans to be in a bikini anytime soon, so when I saw Nicole Wilkins Lee comment on facebook that yesterday was the day that she usually starts her Arnold Classic prep I thought it was a good date for me to look to also...I have dreams of being a figure athlete and competing so why not use this as a countdown.

Lets face it that is just over 3 months... perfect for forming new habits, 3 months for my body to totally regenerate every living cell... And looking back at the past year - 3 months will be gone in no time!!!

But making this new goal is all well and good... great so by the time the Arnold classic is here I want to be body perfect, now I can say that as much as I want... making it happen is another thing it seems...

I have the tools in place - Iphone with workout log apps, with food log apps, with app's for blogging. I have the knowledge - god I have been reading up on this stuff for 10 years now, I have a large library of read and re-read Oxygen's, Muscle & Fitness & Fitness RX mags as well as every clean eating book, Jillian Michaels book and Jackie Warner literature I could afford to buy. I have a gym including a treadmill, a spin bike, free weights and a dual cable machine. I have a daily routine that would make this fitness lifestyle work... it's actually sticking to it that is the problem!

So I think journalling has been a tool that I haven't been using very well recently. I do feel that it is something I need to do... Writing regularly, keeps me focussed and helps me to analyse why I do something and to keep it all in balance. It gives me something to review.

Gotta take pics/ gotta do measurements... reality sucks and I am managing to ignore it at the moment....
So I hereby promise to journal at least 3 x per week...

I want this to work and I need to invest the time for planning and tracking.