Throw a Wrench In It Challenge! (And a link up for my fellow bloggers)

 

 

My brother (click the link to follow him on Twitter)

Has now lost 270 Pounds

And here he is now

 

He sent out this email today

And it really made me stop and think

About the importance

7 Days can make in our lives

So I’d like to share it with you

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Good morning !!

Halloween – gone

Thanksgiving … Checked off

Xmas, Finished

So… Now what ?

This can be the time of year

Where we sometimes say to ourselves

I didn’t do that well

 Ate too much

Ate  the wrong thing

 Didn’t get my Victory exercise in every day

New Years is coming in a few days

 I’ll get back in the groove then

I can weigh then 

 

Well… I was “surprised” to find out that there are

SEVEN DAYS

Not just one or two

Between Christmas and New Years

SEVEN !

 

A person can do a lot in 7 days

Good

Or not so good

 

There’s now 3 days  left

What will You do to move into action ?

What will I do ?

I challenge you to take action today

 

Too tired?

Too busy?

Too sick?

Too injured?

Too cold ???

 

Can you do 30 Seconds ?

Or ADD 30 Seconds TODAY?!!

 

YOUR Freedom awaits – Seize it : )

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This email really  made me stop and think

About something

I had never realized before

The fact that there are seven whole days

To really do serious damage

If we go off the rails during the holidays

 

Now here’s reality

I don’t need seven days to do damage

Give me seven MINUTES

And I can get the job done!

 

It often takes just one bite of the wrong food

To throw me into the hole

But SEVEN DAYS??

Imagine how far off track I could go

If I had seven days?

 

But  what if I was already off track right now?

What if I was reading this

But I had just spent the past 4 days

Eating whatever I wanted

Ingesting a lot of sugar

Not working out

 

Then I’d be thinking to myself…..

It’s already too late

The damage is already done

I might as well just keep eating

I might as well just keep indulging

I’ve already done it now

So what’s the point?

So here’s the point

Four days of damage

Is not SEVEN days of damage

And when your head tells you that

4 equals 7

That 3 more days of damage

Is not going to make any difference

That it’s already too late

Then it’s time you hit the eject button

And tell those thoughts

To take a hike!

Because your head is telling you lies!

 

There are three more days

To turn it around

And it doesn’t even take

3 days to make a difference

It only takes 30 seconds

 

So if you are already off the rails

And you’re not so sure

That you can stop the runaway train

If you aren’t convinced yet

That you should try to get back on track

Then just do this one thing

30 seconds of walking

 

If you can do 10 minutes

Then do 10 minutes

If you can do 20 minutes

Then do 20

Just do what you can do

And then see how you feel

 

You may have sugar flowing through your veins right now

You may have your grandmother’s banana nut bread

Floating through your mind

And invading your dreams

 

So don’t get overwhelmed

Don’t try to change the world in one day

Just commit to that one thing

30 seconds of exercise

Or whatever level you can do

For the next 3 days

 

Even if that is all you do

It will still make a difference

It will help flip the switch in your head

It will keep you stronger mentally

So just try it and see what happens

 

So many will say at this time of year

That the most important thing for you to do

Is to enjoy the holidays

And not worry about your food plan

Or your exercise

 

But did it ever occur to you

That the people who are saying those things

Don’t have the same problem

As many of us!

 

They don’t have any problem getting back on track

So of course they say that!

Of course they say indulge!

Because they know they can handle it

 

They know they won’t spend the next month

In a box of donuts

So to them…eat, drink and be merry!

 

But seven days in my world

Could mean a 10 pound gain

EASY

That is how efficient I am

At packing on the pounds

That is how insane I get

Once I let the flood gates open

 

If you are like me

And a little indulgence

Leads to destruction

Then the holidays may have

Thrown a wrench in your plans

 

LET’S THROW IT BACK!

 

Take the challenge

And commit to some form of exercise

No matter how small

For the next 3 days

Even if it’s just for 30 seconds

 

Believe it or not

That small step

That one choice

In the midst of the storm

Could be the very thing

That flips the switch

And puts the train

Back on its tracks

 

Will you take the challenge?

Will you make the next 3 days

Count for victory?

 

If you decide to take on the challenge

Put a link to this post on your blog

And then blog about it!

Tell us how you threw a wrench in things

And turned it into victory!

I don’t care if you walked in place for 30 seconds

IT COUNTS!

 

So whether you went to the gym and lifted weights

Rocked it out at Crossfit, Curves or Planet Fitness

Walked across the room and back for 30 seconds

Whatever it was

Do it

Snap a pic of it

Post it

And link back here

 

Then email me at 300poundsdown@gmail.com

Or message me via the 300 Pounds Down Facebook Page

With the link to your blog post

And I will post your links here on the blog next week

 

While you’re at the 300 Pounds Down Facebook page

Look for the post where everyone is leaving links

To their weight loss/fitness/health blogs

Add yours!!

The more motivation and inspiration we all have

The better!

 

If you don’t blog

Then tell us what you’ve done

To throw a wrench in it

In the comment section

Because we want to know!

 

I know we can do this!

We can turn

7 days of potential damage

Into  victory!!

 

So if the holidays have thrown a wrench

In your plans

Throw it back!!

Be victorious!

Fight on my warrior friends!!