So the other day I was complaining that I didn't feel like I was in shape, and I didn't feel that great, and my allergies were acting up, and my shoulder was sore, and that I really needed to start eating better and working out. I complained that I didn't have the "time" to work out."....
My friend is really great and she somehow finds the time to workout all of the time. She is one of those people who always seems to be able to fit everything in even thought her life is really busy and it would seem like she wouldn't have the time! Her immediate reaction was, "you don't have the time or it's not a priority to you?". WOAH! That literally stopped me in my tracks! I wanted to be like "no no no, my health is totally a priority to me, OF COURSE!, right? duh? of course my health is a priority, always has been!.... but then I really thought about it. I had eaten pizza that night, wings the night before, hadn't worked out in weeks. What am I doing? Then, it hit me. If every time I say "i don't have the time for that", I say "it's not a priority to me", it shifts EVERYTHING! I'm the queen of saying I have no time. I work as a nurse and as a network marketing professional for the #2 premium skincare line in the US, I'm busy.
I am BUSY! Yes busy yes, but I have time. When you start saying "I don't have time to call my friends who are out of town, to "It's not a priority to call my friends".. shit, that isn't what I mean! "I don't have time to take the dogs for a walk" to "It's not a priority for me to take the dogs for a walk" NO!!! That's not it, I need to take them for a walk!! I need to make it a priority! I need to organize my life so that the things that DO matter to me, and that ARE a priority have the appropriate time allocated to it. "I don't have the time to run my own business" to "it's not a priority to me to run my business and support my family." NO!! I love my business and I want to give it the energy and time it deserves! I have literally been in this mind battle with myself because every time I think "I don't have time to do that". I tell myself to say it the other way, and it truly helps me prioritize my time so that I can fit in everything that really matters to me.
This has been LIFE CHANGING for me! Holy smokes. So in these last few days I have decided to participate in the Tone It Up <---- (click here for their website) #bikiniseries! The TIU girls Karena and Katrina were a huge part of my recovery because their reality TV show was on bravo when I was recovering from my dog bite injury. They had such awesome energy, so I started following along on their website and doing their workouts. I have done the bikini series before but never 100% full throttle. I had such great results with their workouts and I still do them occasionally. SO I'm officially announcing that my health, my body and my heart are a priority to me and I am taking this challenge! It' a free challenge consisting of 8 weeks of daily workouts, eating clean, mean and green and limiting pizza, wings, beer, wine, etc! Oh the humanity! If you know me you know I will probably have wings, and pizza at least once in those 8 weeks but it's not about a diet, or a fad, or following someone on instagram, it's about how you feel inside.
My insides want more green stuff. I've fallen into the habit of just grabbing and going, always on the go, not taking the time to prioritize the thing that matters most, MY HEALTH and ME! I'm prioritizing ME! In the end, I can't help anyone if I don't help myself. My instagram is going to have a TIU takeover for the next 8 weeks (you can find me ---> @pasquish on instagram. I will also be right back here blogging about my experience.
Today to be honest I'm not feeing so hot so I'm really excited to fuel my body with goodness and take myself back to #1 on my list.
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