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Originally posted: 10-24-16
Today I want to talk about the two major contributors that lead to most people's frustration in any endeavor.
Those two are:
Impatience and Unrealistic Expectations
Think about it for a moment...
Any frustration that you have can likely be boiled down to one or both of the factors.
For example, you're frustrated with your fitness level, but you've only been working out for a month. Why haven't you dropped 30lbs yet? If you're frustrated there, than you likely are being impatient. It takes to build the fitness enough to make progress. Did you have unrealistic expectations to begin with? Did you expect to lose 30lbs in 30 days? That's unrealistic for most people- especially if you're trying to be healthy about it.
What about other endeavors?
Are you frustrated with your job or income? Did you have unrealistic expectations that everything was going to be rainbows and unicorns when you started and now you're doing something that actually resembles work? Is your income not where you want it to be, but you just started a career 6 months ago?
What about on the way to work today?
Are you frustrated because you're stuck in traffic? I believe there's some impatience there. Did you leave the house late and expect every light to be green, and there not to be a wreck on the flyover? There's probably some unrealistic expectations present.
You get my point. Spend some time today contemplating about the things you are frustrated with. Is the frustration due to unrealistic expectations, impatience or both? If it is, what can you do to change your expectations or practice more patience and eliminate the frustration?
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Tammy has been training with us for a year now and the transformation she has experienced is unbelievable! Not only did Tammy lose a total of
We could not be prouder of her, her accomplishments and her dedication to her health! WAY TO GO Tammy Westphal! You aren't done yet! Here's a recap of her last year with us:
Weight Lost: over 35 pounds from her start date
Inches Lost: 21.25
She shaved 2:10 off her original baseline from February 2017. In 2017 she was doing ring rows for her
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One year ago this month, I walked through the doors at CrossFit Bartlett, and my life was forever changed. On that day, I was miserable. I felt awful about myself. I didn't find myself attractive, and I referred to myself as "the fat friend". On Enlistment Day, I did not want Justin or Krystal to even look at me, because I felt like they were going to find me disgusting and assume I was a lazy person who made excuses for being overweight. That is how bad I felt about myself. I didn't even want people to look at me.
Before I started my journey at this gym, I had tried everything and my weight was up and down for years. I tried weight watchers, I ordered multiple as seen on TV quick fixes, I joined gyms, I tried Couch to 5k, I tried not eating, I relied on medicine, and I even did a few other things I am too embarrassed to mention. Nothing worked.
I started to believe that I was living in a body I was meant to have, and during one point in my life, I completely gave up. It wasn't worth it anymore. I did everything society said I should do, and I still failed.
The first 6 weeks during my journey, I was
Later, I joined the nutrition program and got my eating under control. It is now a year later, and I cannot believe who I am today. I show up and put in the work, but if it were not for the staff, I would have not been successful. These people push you, support you, and educate you. They pave the way for the person you want to be.
My life has been enriched by this program. I no longer let the scale control my happiness, and I no longer say negative things about myself. I love myself fully for the first time in my life. When I decided to put myself first and to make my health a priority, everything changed, and I became a better friend and wife.
At the beginning of my journey, people would say, "I don't even know who you are anymore", and this would make me uncomfortable. When people say it now, I smile and say, "me either". Hearing those words is the best thing in the world.
