Anyway, today is one of my favorite days of the week because it is WISE WORDS WEDNESDAY! In honor of Valentine's Day, I thought it was timely to have the love of my life, Chris, share with you.
It would be hard to fully express in a few sentences what Chris means to me, and the respect and admiration I have for him. We met in college and began dating our junior year in February 2005 and were married in July 2006. He is a strong man of God who is insanely talented, creative, disciplined and loyal. I know few people who have the type of integrity and character that I have seen in him over the years. I love his passion for life and heart for people. We have crazy loads of fun together and are really just huge nerds. He is an artist in every sense of the word - a musician, a graphic designer, a painter, and even an artist in the kitchen. I could gush on forever, but I will spare you and get to the good stuff - Chris' point of view! First, here's a picture of my honey doing one of his favorite things. (Psst...if you didn't know he is in a band called Two Cent Offering and their new album is available on itunes and your purchase helps benefit autism awareness!)
When it comes to fitness and getting healthy, I think that everyone naturally looks for the “magic bullet” – that one thing that can easily make a big difference. Whether it’s a new exercise device that “only takes five minutes a day” or that great new celebrity diet where you only drink the fruit of some exotic plant grown in a remote village in the rainforest , everywhere you turn there’s another opportunity to take a shortcut. While, to be fair, I cannot speak to the effectiveness of the Ab Belt or “The Super Juice,” no one product or activity is going to transform your life with practically no effort. On the contrary, if there’s one thing that I continue to learn, it’s that if you want to see results and truly change your life, you don’t make one big change – you make a lot of little changes.
As a musician, I spend much of my time around instruments and gear. While in the studio a few years ago, I noticed that we were using some really expensive instrument cables. I asked our producer, “Does that cable make a big difference?” To my surprise, he responded, “No.” He went on to explain that each cable makes a small difference, as does the hand-wired electronics in the guitar and the vintage preamps that we were using. They all sounded only slightly better than their less expensive counterparts. The thing is, when you combine all these small improvements, it creates a huge difference in the sound of the recording. This is what separates the amateurs from the pros. I think the same thing applies to fitness.
It would be really easy to “cheat” a little on your nutrition plan throughout the week and “reward” yourself with a treat, or when hitting the punching bag, not go full out. I mean it only makes a little difference, right? Before you know it, you’ve undermined much of your efforts by making little excuses here and there. I suppose that’s what Farrell’s is getting at when they say “live at level 10.” If you can start to remove those daily compromises, you’ll likely start seeing those results that you’re after and you can feel good knowing that you lived a “Level 10 Day.”
I know it can be easy, like Chris said, to make little exceptions here and there, but let's make a commitment to health and living well! Let's stop making excuses and exceptions. We CAN do this! With my husband's help, I am doing this and SO CAN YOU! Make it a Level 10 Day!
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