week #3

Team
This is the start of week #3 and there are some things that are going very well (on whole) and some things that are not going very well (on whole). Details are below.

Going well.
nutrition.
the overall choices are getting better – healthier
breakfasts, once containing the least amount of information, are now populated by good starting choices.
consistency, has picked up in the reporting process – there is 1 person who has not missed a day of logging which is great
desire.
it’s transparent. The desire from everyone is there to make the positive change. Person x gets called into work late & or early, but doesn’t give that as an excuse, instead they tell me what they could and did do – not what they couldn’t and didn’t. That’s great perspective an attitude.
perspective.
a few of us are adopting a healthy perspective.
making the most of opportunities with kids, with work etc to factor things in is great, and the examples of such are great. I see a lot of, missed this, so I did this or will be doing this instead. This is great.


Needs improvement 
organization
quite bluntly, some of our personal organization leaves much to be desired. It’s not a wonder why some of us feel we don’t have “any time” bcs we are simply a victim of letting everyhting control our lives instead of directing how our lives should be led. I don’t have any other advice except to say time management is a multi billion dollar industry with examples ranging from goal setting all the way through weekly scheduling.
some of us have the whole “I don’t really need the...”
excuses.
it’s funny, one would think the person on the other end who’s job it is to help unhealthy habits transfer into healthy habits would have heard every single justification, rationalization, blame, “you don’t know my life”, on and on and on, yet I’m continually rewarded with new renditions of the same bs.
the reality for us is that it takes 90 days to establish a habit and most of us have been honing our bad habits very well for 30+ years. So well in fact, we often cite the reasons we can’t before even thinking of ways we can. You’re excuses bounce off myself like teflon – but you can keep telling them to you.the reality is someone has to challenge you to break your bad habits – 1st thing you will do is lash against that person (been there, not worried), but eventually you will get over that.
quick story: this past weekend we took our 6 & 8 year old in an adventure race 4k kayak, 20k bike and 5k hike / run. People were amazed – yet ourselves and our boys didn’t bat aq second thought. Everyone had a comment – must be in the gene’s, oh they are so much like you / your wife, well of course... But what was funny is that it was no more than them being told what was going to happen.... And then doing it. You set the standard and bar low as a parent – your kids will hit it. You set it in the middle or high and they will hit that too. It was nothing to our kids, simply because they haven’t been educated otherwise. eg: you can’t do that, eg. I can’t take the time to exercise bcs of my kids and the list of bs goes on.
Winning is not a sometimes thing. Success is not a sometimes thing. This includes planning when to relax & enjoy and isn’t it the message you want to send to your kids? Well... Start with yourself.
exercise
few of us are actually keeping tangible metrics on our exercise. eg: not dowloading and completing the video’s, not calculating and logging our target heart rates and c) not following the directions of the person who’s trying to help you.... Help you.
That’s really bizarre when you think about it. Stating, I really want to change – what do I do – getting the answer and then not doing it – or making excuses for why. Next week is the week you remesure yourselves.
This is the week some will quit and blame, and others will think – wow, if I lost x amount from just doing y, imagine if I did a-b-c-d & e too. That’s the way it goes – 2% of the people are able to make lasting change. 2%.
you should ALL be dowloading these video’s and getting into the healthy habit. From the complete beginner to mr I have a trainer. That was the contest and you are either 100% in or really 100% out. Give yourself and myself 50-70% and you just end up wasting both of our time. 

Now again – from last weeks instruction. (if you have not already)
upload a picture of where you’ve posted I can I will I am in your pypes.
buy a heart rate monitor that calculates calories burned per day of exercise or tell me to get you one and track them on the purdy’s pledge wall (for the whole week)
tell us what sanctioned event you are doing – by now you should have done one at least.
schedule your doctors visit for next week (week #4) and tell us how you are doing all around.

Don’t take this opportunity for granted – make the most – yes THE MOST out of it. Don’t write me back and tell me you are (with excuses) when you all know your own truths – bcs I know everyone could accomplish the simple tasks I’ve laid out for them & you.

We are 30 days into 90 days to a new lifestyle. As Nike put it – JUST DO  IT.

Questions?