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Fabulous at Fifty Plus

January 1, 2022

You can be fifty plus, be fit, look fabulous, feel foxy and have a great time……Guys this is directed at you to!

You have learned so much from your past and you still have years ahead of you, you owe it to yourself to be the best version of you!

Have you said to yourself for the last maybe years or months that this is going to be an amazing year.  You have decided to go all out by sprucing up your wardrobe, starting a new exercise routine and getting your mojo back. You start with great intentions then you lose your focus and don’t achieve your goals.  This then becomes too much and you lose motivation and you feel like a failure.

Change is by Choice!

Making the decision to change is relatively “easy”, continuing the commitment to yourself is where the challenge is, particularly if you have done this before, and in your own eyes “failed”.  Therefore you lack confidence to be able to move forward with your plan.

One of the reasons for this could be that you are inexperienced to move forward. You have spent years in your comfort zone and now lack the experience and confidence to be fit, look fabulous, feel foxy and have a great time.

You probably look around and see other women or men who seem to be much more confident than you are.  What this means is that with the right support, knowledge and training you can do it too.  You can be self confident in any situation with the right support and mindset.  The assumption that the way you are is unchangeable is just not true.  If you keep saying that this is the way I am, or I am just not self-confident then you will sabotage yourself over and over again.

Sometimes when making changes or doing something new you can become overwhelmed or even doubtful about your ability to learn or apply  the changes.  Many people believe that because they feel like this in the beginning it is because they are unable to learn or apply the new skills or concepts, what you need to understand is that this initial stage of feeling overwhelmed or doubtful is a normal part of the learning process. You may benefit from Lifestyle Coaching which in essence is supporting and encouraging you to formulate a plan and make changes to your lifestyle. Lifestyle Coaching Packages

The path to change does not go in a straight line, it goes something like this:

First there is a short burst of improvement then followed by a falling back a little bit, then sticking with it then another little burst of improvement followed by a falling back a little, then another little bit of improvement followed by a falling back and another little burst of improvement and so on…. Said another way the path to mastering the change is “2 steps forward and one step back”.

If you are unaware that this is the process, when you take that one step backwards the tendency is to get discouraged. You may say to yourself “what’s wrong with me I’m just not as confident as I would like to be”.  However if you are aware that this is part of the change process, (which is a short burst of improvement followed by a falling back a little, sticking with it, another short burst of improvement followed by a falling back a little) then you will know that when it seems like you are falling backwards, when it seems like you are not making progress then that’s the time to recommit and redouble your efforts because the next big improvement is just around the corner.

You continue to move forward to being fit, looking fabulous, feeling foxy and having a great time and the life changes you make will be lasting.

Just relax and enjoy the journey and you will find that your confidence will continue to increase. You can do this, it is not rocket science, just allow yourself to go through the learning cycle and if you do then you will develop a pattern of unstoppable self-confidence and empowerment.

SELF SABOTAGE -THE PARKRUN

November 12, 2021

Self Sabotage- The Parkrun

I have just completed my second Parkrun at Kawana.  I haven’t completed a Parkrun for about 12 months due to illness.

The first one last week was good, great to be out there again, and I finished in 41 minutes.  This was good considering all the happenings of the last 12 months.

So my self-talk for the last week has focused around 41 minutes….  Does this sound familiar?

My Irrational Self

  • Can I beat that time?
  • I have to beat that time
  • What if I cant beat that time and I embarrass myself with a slower time, the results are out there for everyone to see!
  • Have I done enough training
  • What if I get sick and cant finish
  • I wont do the run, its too hard to think about
  • I just want to hide!
  • I wish I hadn’t started the runs again

My Rational Self

  • It doesn’t matter what time I do
  • I am going well its only 5 k
  • I can run walk
  • No pressure feels good
  • It’s a good course just go out there and have fun
  • What if I am slower who is going to notice, if they do why worry

Can anyone relate to this?  I didn’t sleep well the night before. I had all that stuff going on inside my head.  I ended up exhausted even before I began.

I decided that 41 minutes was just a number and I will aim for 42 minutes today.  This made me feel more relaxed and confident.  I convinced myself that its not about the time, just about getting out there and going for it!

It takes a lot of energy to have this chatter inside ones head; it affects sleep, concentration and is generally a distraction and pain in the neck.  Doesn’t matter how much rationalisation happens the irrational runs riot!

Start with the end in mind.  Think how good you will feel after you have achieved your goal.  Don’t worry about other people, you will find that most are too wrapped up in their own stuff to worry about what anyone else is doing.  The important thing is that you are doing it for yourself.   We are all different shapes, sizes and abilities.  Yours is just as good as everyone elses!

OUTCOME

I finished the Parkrun, I ended up a doing a quicker time. Maybe because this week at Kawana it wasn’t a beach run for the first kilometre, maybe I relaxed into it and enjoyed the run.  It really doesn’t matter depends on what happens on the day and I was out there doing it!  My age group is 70-74.

Whatever you are doing don’t allow the negative self talk to take over find your rational head space and just go for it!

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