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Day 3 At Fitness Ridge…
Posted by Matt Hoover in General on June 16th, 2010
Have you ever taken a long trip in the car to a vacation destination? Think about it. When it’s time to leave you are so excited to be going. When you are about half way you start to think “We should have flown”, “Why are we still driving?”, “When are we going to be there?” Sound familiar?
I started a trip on Monday here at Fitness Ridge. On Monday I was so excited. On Tuesday I was sore but still excited to be here. Today I was exhausted. I didn’t want to get up for the 6 am hike, I really wanted to go get a big huge breakfast. I didn’t want to work out as hard as I knew I could.
The good news is that I did get up, I didn’t go out to eat, and I did work out as hard as I could. The question is why do we start out so fast on a journey only to lose momentum. I believe it’s because as good as our intentions may be, often we will look back at past experiences and draw upon those as opposed to focusing on the experience that we are currently having.
I’ll be the first to admit that I have always been a fast starter only to lose a little focus on the way to my destination. Instead of pushing through, sometimes I will decide to start over. This cycle repeats itself and it seems that I am not making any progress and eventually come up with a reason to focus on something else.
If you haven’t noticed, my hikes this week are my reflection times. Today I realized that it’s not enough to start a journey, we need to finish it. Sure it would have been easy to take some time off, come up with an excuse why I needed a break, but the reality is that I didn’t and don’t need a break.
Today was Wednesday, fittingly refered to as hump day. We have to be willing to get over that hump in order to move forward toward our destination. Even though we may not feel like it, we have to press on. If we continue to give up and start over every time we face difficulties we will never get anywhere, much less the place we really want to be.
To sum it up, today was a day to look at today, not tomorrow or a month from now but right here in the present. I had to decide not to give up and start over another day. I had to push through today in order to get tomorrow and once again transform my life in the days, weeks, months, and years to come.
We will never know what we are capable of if we give up before we give ourselves a chance. Press on!
See you tomorrow!
Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge…
Posted by Matt Hoover in General on June 13th, 2010
Tonight I arrived at the Biggest Loser Fitness Ridge Resort in Utah. As soon as I arrived I was taken to be measured, weighed, and have my picture taken. After that I was suppose to go to supper. I went out to my car and had a mini panic attack. I felt like the new kid in school. A lot of the people had been here a while and already knew each other. I was intimidated. I was more nervous tonight than when I went on The Biggest Loser.
I think a lot of it had to do with the fact that I am not where I want to be physically. I knew people would know me, and I let my thoughts take over. “What would they think of me?” “Are they going to wonder why I am not the size I was when I left the show?”
These thoughts and more were paralyzing me. The thing is, is that I was doing it to myself. I walked in and found a place to sit. Everyone introduced themselves. All of the people seemed really nice. Some gave advice, some told stories, all are here to change their lives.
When it got to me, I took the microphone and stumbled through an introduction. I get paid to travel the country and speak. I’ve had audiences of over 2000 people and tonight I couldn’t talk. I was more nervous than when I got to the ranch to be on national television.
When it was all over I headed back to the condo I will be living in for the next two weeks. It can be lonely when you are all by yourself and I noticed the loneliness immediately. I am use to being around my wife and two little spark plug boys.
It’s going to be interesting, but as I said earlier this week; sometimes the best thing you can do to take care of your family is take care of yourself.
I am going to bust during my time here and will keep you all updated along the way. Check back for daily wrap-ups as well as video of my time here.
It’s time to stop being scared and go to work!
