Overnight Success

Creeping bad habits are those things we never think we have - until we try and stop doing something - you know:

* the glass of wine with dinner
* the cigarette and a glass of wine at the end of a "hard" day ... (BTW - hard? compared to what?)
* telling yourself you'll go to the gym tomorrow because you're too tired right now
* missing your sales target because you didn't pick up the phone or meet with your clients
* failing to sit down and work on your business plan or write your book / program - because you want to watch that program ... hint - that's what PVR's a for :-)

You may think you have a valid reason, but let me tell you something right out of the school of very hard knocks - the issue never goes away - in fact it usually gets worse. And we procrastinate because we don't want the "the pain" that usually goes with fixing it.

I have had a weight management issue for decades - no really I have. I've been the classic 'yo-yo" dieter most of my adult life. Add in a sedentary job and my problem just got worse. Add in the fact I could disguise a lot with choice of clothes and my height, but who was I kidding - and I knew it wasn't fooling many people when a client turned around and uttered the awful words "I used to be BIG like you" ... OUCH

She became my trainer

Little by little, week by week my strength improved, my shape started changing. I stopped making excuses as to why I couldn't train - and did even more. Did it hurt - yes - but usually only my pride. Oh yes, and I stopped using food as a reward.

And then it dawned on me, the creeping bad habit I had gained could now be turned around. I could use the same technique to get fit, lose the size, gain the shape I've wanted most of my adult life AND - well the possibilities are endless once you have confidence in yourself and your abilities. And now you know why I push myself so hard...

For those of you who have been keeping note, I have re-set my 100 day challenge, and my partner and also my trainer will be working with me to achieve my goal of 200 push ups - and I have to say they will be "boy" ones, not the girly ones I had anticipated being capable of at the beginning of the year. Why 200 push ups? Not sure, but it's been on my bucket list for years. Before I started with Hils I couldn't do 1 - tonight I surprised even her with the strength I had gained. My creeping bad habits have been replaced with creeping good ones. It's taken about 6 months for the catalyst to take place - and it will probably take another 6 months to achieve the ultimate goal. But every day is a chance to create the habits that will get me there.

Of course you may not have a health / weight / fitness challenge like I have - but that doesn't mean the technique can't work for you and your goals.

* What are your creeping bad habits?
* What are they stopping you from doing?
* What new habits do you need to cultivate?
* What goals are on your ultimate life list? Remember the caveat - if you had all the time, energy and money in the world - what would you do right now? Me, I'd probably be planning a trip to basecamp everest ... hmmm - wonder how fit you have to be to do that? makes mental note to find out...
* What tiny step can you take to get you off and creating your new creeping good habit which will get you there?

I don't believe there is anything such as an overnight success - what I do believe in though - is we are all capable of "overlife success"