Day 26, November 28, 2011

Dina:

I sent Kelly a text the other day. It read: “my jeans and my wedding ring are loose”. But…they could be looser or falling off after 26 days. Right? Right.

TRX is really, REALLY an amazing workout. I enjoyed it, felt like I gave everything I had. The suspension/strap/trusting yourself piece of the workout is definitely a challenge but I feel as if TRX is something I will love to participate for quite a long time!

Swimming today was replaced with an unexpectedly long doctor appointment. Tests, poking, prodding, more tests…with some definitive answers on Friday. I mention this only to refer back to the point of over-scheduling activity for myself. I missed swimming today but I am okay with that as I have 3 more scheduled appointments with exercise that I cannot miss. Cannot. Will Not. Doctor appointment = excuse? Maybe. Possibly. Definitely. But you will not hear of another one for the next 54 days. Period.

Kelly’s last post moved me in a lot of ways. Outside of the trainer/trainee relationship, I feel like we have a very solid friendship and we have bonded in many ways. We have a lot of laughs, we share some of the same struggles and I am so grateful for that bond. It allows us to be real and honest and that is why I was so moved by her last blog entry. It takes a lot to muster up the chutzpah to freely and openly talk about yourself to an unknown, public audience and Kelly rocked it! To me, it was inspirational. And…it didn’t take a genius to hear what Coach Kel was saying directly to me. Tomorrow is coming and I intend to kick its ass! (And I know Kelly can visualize me saying that in the dramatic, animated way that is me.)

Which brings me to another point. There is a definite disconnect for the majority of people, between their heart, their brain, AND their body. For me, my brain knows what I have to do and when I have to do it. But there is a disconnect (which is getting “smaller”) between what I know and what I urge my physical body to do. And my heart? Well, my heart has a “magic pill” vision of me unzipping my “fat suit” and instantly becoming who I feel like I am on the inside.  So how do I get all three in sync? How do I get my body to listen to my brain? And how do I get my heart to see a more realistic vision? And once I get all 3 in sync, where do I go from there? It’s amazing how much psychology is really involved in making a lifestyle change with regard to weight loss and maintenance…

I have a date with the gym tomorrow…

"Nothing to it but to Do it!"

Kelly:

Ok, “fat suit”.  I’m busting at the seams!  It’s all perception.  Perception was brought up in one of my Kettle Bell classes today and WOW!  Perception is an amazing thing.  Think about that word, how it’s spelled, each syllable, what it means to you, to others, how do you perceive the word perception?

Mr. Webster:

per·cep·tion

   /pərˈsɛpʃən/ Show Spelled[per-sep-shuhn]

noun

1.

the act or faculty of apprehending by means of the senses or of the mind; cognition; understanding.

2.

immediate or intuitive recognition or appreciation, as of moral, psychological, or aesthetic qualities; insight; intuition; discernment: an artist of rare perception.

3.

the result or product of perceiving, as distinguished from the act of perceiving; percept.

4.

Psychology . a single unified awareness derived from sensory processes while a stimulus is present.

5.

Law . the taking into possession of rents, crops, profits, etc

I’ll focus on #4 above.  Is it really an awareness or appreciation?  Sometimes it’s an unawareness .....

Dina, ask yourself in the mirror out loud- “what is my real perception of myself?”  “Do I really feel like I have a ‘fat suit’ on?”  Is Dina’s fat suit a how she really sees herself and will 26 MORE days change that perception, IF, in fact it’s perception and not how she truly sees herself?  Maybe “fat suit” is how she THINKS people perceive her.  If it’s the real way Dina sees herself, how does she change that and where is the beginning of accepting herself for who she is?   If it’s the latter of the two, this is a defense system. 

Dina, don’t you talk to yourself in the mirror?  Ya, you do!!!! :)  Do it again.  Remember how unique and amazing YOU ARE.  Tell yourself your heart really knows, listen to it and carry on with your day.  Start to pull your perception(s) and subconscious to the conscious, it will make this much easier.

Dina, I couldn’t have ever said it better myself….”my heart has the magic pill”…"becoming who I feel like I am on the inside”.

Listening to your heart, easy.  Listening to your brain, easy.  Listening to your body, easy.  Listening to your perception of yourself, extremely difficult.  Your perception is part of your subconscious.  I recently heard a very intelligent woman talk about subconscious and referred to it as your “inner child”.  I have to agree to some extent!  Listening to an inner child, extremely difficult.  Children are not sure what they want!

P.S. 64 days (and I’m not sure Dina really talks to herself in the mirror!)

"If You Can Change Your Mind You CAN Change Your Body"

Kelly LaCasse

Fitsique Body & Mind

www.fitsiquebodyandmind.net

kellylacasse@verizon.net

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