Your Best Body 12-Week Challenge, Week Five!

-by Mindy Irish

Get Uncomfortable

I made a Facebook post this week about attending a strength class.  A gal commented, "I want to attend, but that class scares me!"  My response, "Then that's all the more reason to show up and try it!"  Another gal was in a conversation about being fearful of attending a Zumba class because she didn't know the moves.  You will never know the moves unless you show up and try!  In Real Estate we say, "Your home can't sell if it's not on the market!"  You can't get stronger if you're not in strength class or lifting weights, just as you can't learn the Zumba moves if you don't give yourself a chance to learn!

If something new scares you, first stop and ask yourself why.  Simply saying something is a challenge for you is an excuse.  If you're ready for change and it meets your priority list to attempt it, then go after it!  Conquering your fears and challenges makes you a better person inside and out. 

This could even be far more than health and fitness.  It might be confronting someone who needs reconciliation with you, making a job change, or crossing something big off your bucket list!  I ask myself that same questions, "What fear do I need to conquer?"

Relative to fitness, getting uncomfortable for you might be changing up your classes or activities, or even going back to a class that scared you away before.  It might be signing up for a race or competition.  It might be trying a new food or recipe that will benefit your diet.    The point is, think about what you really don’t want to be doing and then go tackle it!  You’ll be so proud of you!

Change does not come in our comfort.  It comes in our discomfort!  I believe the beginning of our potential lies just within the realm of discomfort.....Go get it!