Day 18
Day 18….
There are just 66 more days to the end of our Ultimate BFL Challenge!
For the past 18 days you have worked hard to make “You” a top priority in your life.
And it’s working! Thanks to balanced nutrition, supplementation and resistance training you are looking better each day.
The compliments are starting to roll in and they make you even more determined to see this process through to the end.
We are learning to “delete” the unhealthy habits in our lives. We eagerly “cut, paste and save” healthy habits and each day we move those to the top of our daily list of tasks.
But as we move through this transformation process…. keep in mind the dynamics in some of our personal relationships may also change.
In the weeks to come it’s possible you may find that those deleted habits were the only thing you may have had in common with some of the people in your life.
For the most part, I have seen my relationships with my friends and family members grow stronger…thanks to Body for Life. This program has also brought many new friends into my life.
Unfortunately I have also felt the pain of strained relationships with friends who tried but failed to sabotage my efforts.
--A piece of cake won’t KILL you!
--You‘re going to make yourself sick!
--You don’t want to go out anymore! (Pizza night, Beer night…etc.)
--You are turning into such an old lady!
--You are acting like a Kid!
--You have become obsessed with this crazy program!
And my favorite:
--Why bother girlfriend…you’ll only gain it back!
I tried to explain my goals…but the more I talked to them the more frustrated they became. They wanted the old Michelle and I was unwilling to give up the new Michelle.
Once I figured that out…. I realized there’s a lot I’ll give up for my friends…but giving up my health is not an option.
As for those old friends who want the old me? I won’t delete them from my life just yet. I’ll put them in the save file and hope that one day they’ll be inspired as I have been… to create their own Bodies for Life. When they do---I’ll be there to help them.
And that brings me to today’s topic courtesy of Steve in Minneapolis, Minnesota who asks: How do you deal with negative talk from friends and family?
There are just 66 more days to the end of our Ultimate BFL Challenge!
For the past 18 days you have worked hard to make “You” a top priority in your life.
And it’s working! Thanks to balanced nutrition, supplementation and resistance training you are looking better each day.
The compliments are starting to roll in and they make you even more determined to see this process through to the end.
We are learning to “delete” the unhealthy habits in our lives. We eagerly “cut, paste and save” healthy habits and each day we move those to the top of our daily list of tasks.
But as we move through this transformation process…. keep in mind the dynamics in some of our personal relationships may also change.
In the weeks to come it’s possible you may find that those deleted habits were the only thing you may have had in common with some of the people in your life.
For the most part, I have seen my relationships with my friends and family members grow stronger…thanks to Body for Life. This program has also brought many new friends into my life.
Unfortunately I have also felt the pain of strained relationships with friends who tried but failed to sabotage my efforts.
--A piece of cake won’t KILL you!
--You‘re going to make yourself sick!
--You don’t want to go out anymore! (Pizza night, Beer night…etc.)
--You are turning into such an old lady!
--You are acting like a Kid!
--You have become obsessed with this crazy program!
And my favorite:
--Why bother girlfriend…you’ll only gain it back!
I tried to explain my goals…but the more I talked to them the more frustrated they became. They wanted the old Michelle and I was unwilling to give up the new Michelle.
Once I figured that out…. I realized there’s a lot I’ll give up for my friends…but giving up my health is not an option.
As for those old friends who want the old me? I won’t delete them from my life just yet. I’ll put them in the save file and hope that one day they’ll be inspired as I have been… to create their own Bodies for Life. When they do---I’ll be there to help them.
And that brings me to today’s topic courtesy of Steve in Minneapolis, Minnesota who asks: How do you deal with negative talk from friends and family?
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Excellent post!
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