You may delay, but time will not. ~Benjamin Franklin
My friend Amanda over at http://www.runtothefinish.com/ honored me by asking me to do a guest blog about why I love competing in fitness shows......2 weeks ago! I'm sure I'll put it off a few more days. Don't get me wrong, I'm excited about writing a post for her awesome blog and I'm always excited to write about fitness......sigh. So why have I been procrastinating?? My official excuse (which actually holds a lot of truth) is that it's tough to put all the reasons why I LOVE competing in Fitness, Figure, Bodybuilding type competitions in one short post, I could talk all day about the plethora of reasons I get up on that stage...but more on that later. The fact is, I have plenty of idea's for the post, I can knock it out in about 45 minutes if I put my mind too it and use spell check:) But the real reason is, I'm just a professional procrastinator! It's my MO!
Procrastination works well for me. I wait till the last minute and then I'm under the gun so I work quickly and efficiently. However, there are some area's in my life where procrastination does NOT work, and believe me, I've tried my procrastination techniques everywhere! I have found that saving money and getting in shape are the main two places I just can't procrastinate. Here are a few examples:
When I was in the army, I knew 6 MONTHS ahead of time when a physical fitness test was coming up (2 min push up, 2 min sit up, 2 mile run) did I start training ahead of time? did I work on my 2 mile time with sprint workouts?? HA! No, I would wait until THE WEEK BEFORE and decide to try to do 500 sit ups a day to catch up on all the training I had skipped out on.....and go figure, it never worked.
I have waited until the last minute to diet/train for fitness shows. Why? I don't know, I certainly knew I had a show coming up! They post the dates about a year out and you have to register far in advance. So why (on more then one occasion) have I found myself on the treadmill for 3 hours a day the week before a show trying to make up for all my procrastinating? FYI, this is NOT the way to get the best results in ANY type of competition!
The bottom line is, getting in shape, losing weight, gaining muscle, flexibility, strength and overall strength all take time. A Long time! So please don't put your health off one more day! Don't wait till tomorrow to start that new diet plan, walking regime, weight plan, marathon prep, etc. Procrastination and health don't work, take it from someone who tried a few times to mix the two! I'd love to hear your stories about procrastination and how it worked out! Leave me some comments! -Kelly
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