I’m thrilled to be back at the compter writing to you! It’s been a hectic last few weeks, so I’m thrilled to be sitting down to chat with you & catch you up on some motivation, inspiration & workout ‘get-off-your-butt-and-do-it’ thoughts! I’ve got a challenge for you today.
Monday starts February, the shortest month of the year. We’re one month past our New Years Resolution moments, that hopefully have stuck around longer than a moment. We’re going into a month that, at least in Chicago, is quiet & gray. And no matter where you live, it’s the shortest month of the year.
Seems like the perfect time to me to challenge yourself with something fitness & wellness related! One, you’ve got time on your side, so if we’re talking about a new habit or regime you challenge yourself with, it’s only 28 days that you have to make it stick (the goal being that it sticks by nature after the month is up). Two, it’s highly likely that if you don’t put new intentions in place now that match up with that New Years Resolution of yours, you’re not going to do it at all this year. Three, it’s a perfect measurement system for focusing your energy as you can see clearly the start (Mon) and end (4 Sun’s later) points of what you’re trying to accomplish, vs. saying that some random day is “the day” you’re going to get on-point with a new intention.
So what’s the challenge? Well, we’re taking a census this year, and if obesity & fitness rates were measured in that census, I’d bet that we’d see a red line still climbing up & to the right on those measurements. We NEED to take hold of ourselves people – it’s not ok for people of average weight to be the gross minority in this country. That means that most of the country is sick & diseased because of how broken and out of shape their bodies are. We’re better than this!
So here’s my challenge to all of you: Choose a fitness-related intention - I say “intention” rather than ”goal” because we’ve done the “goal-setting” thing before, and hardly anyone is motivated by having a fitness “goal” anymore. But the word “intention” clearly implies that you are intending to go forth on something, and every part of you mind/body/spirit is making purposeful shifts to get there. Read this definition of intention: an act or instance of determining mentally upon some action or result.
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the end or object intended; purpose. When you intend for something to be, you’re already viewing the outcome as being ‘done’. When you have a goal to do something, you may plan to accomplish it, but it leaves some question about whether or not you actually will.
So choose your fitness-related intention that you would like to accomplish by the end of February. It could be to be able to run 4 miles by the end of February. Or to jog your first mile by the end of Febuary! It could be to choose high-quality foods to fuel your exercise & life every day & track it in a food journal. Or to follow workout dvds 5 days a week for the entire month. Anything, as long as it’s fitness related! Then post your intention in the comments section here. Based off your intentions, I’ll post helpful tips & thoughts to help you keep those intentions & by hearing others intentions, we can all share in the community push to ensure we stay true to our intentions.
At the end of the month, we’ll check back in & see how you feel having accomplished your intention & we’ll get to hear about what successes you’ve had in keeping your fitness intentions. So there you have it gang, the Shortest Month of the Year Fitness Challenge! If you’re willing to dedicate yourself to this challenge, post your intentions below & let’s start seeing just what you can accomplish when you intend for it ’to be’!
