Are you willing to give up …
… that which you desire the most, for that which you desire the most … right now?
Wow, that’s a powerful question.
I heard it on the radio the other night, driving, and I wasn’t home till well past 10 pm that night, too tired to pick up a pen. Yet this question was so powerful it stayed on my mind till the next morning and I wrote it down.
Not only did I write it on a sheet of paper – well, in my journal really, pieves of paper tend to get lost – I also posted it on a forum I work at and added another place:
I made a SET-board with this question on it. Talk about Power-Question!
What is a SET-board you may ask … well, I can’t really tell you as it’s a trade-marked idea from Jon Benson, explained in detail in his week 34 audio from the M-Power Audio Series; but in essence it’s as many large cards as you need/want each with a power statement or power question (what they are is also explained in the audio series), and you read them every day, much like you would a goal card.
Of course, there aqre tricks to these cards (or Jon Benson would not be Jon Benson, lol); such as color, texture, shapes even … now, he said women react best to certain shapes, men to others. I didn’t find either shape where I went (squares I could have cut to shape), but I did find a package of 24 mini-boards in 6 different colors … shaped like butterflies.
In my mind, I can see these butterflies flutter by me with their power statement/question on them, reading them as they pass me. In reality, I do have to pick them up and touch them, reading them one by one, but they "flutter" on in my mind all day.
Are you willing to give up the thing which you desire the most, for the thing you desire the most … right now?
Or in my case, am I willing to give up on the lean, figure-model body ideal I aim and work for, in order to succumb to what I want right now … which could be a glass of wine out of planned time, a slice of someone’s birthday cake, a muffin because I’m suddenly hungry and the coffee shop is in front of me, a baked potato at supper time …
NO. No, I do not want to give up on my main goal for any of these fleeting pleasures.
Does that mean I never slip? Of course not, but to use an analogy from the M-Power series, when I get a flat tire on my car, I change it and keep going, I don’[t camp out at the side of the road. Nor does a nutrition-slip make me ditch my plan and goal and "camp out" among all the slip-up temptations.
What is this M-Power Audio Series anyway you might ask.
To me, simply put, it's a mind reboot program. I have unlearned a few old "truths" and had more than one myth debunked; learned a lot of neat tricks to get the mind to help me get past tempting situations, keep me in the gym and working differently when I'm there, and so much more!
Here's my affiliate link to the audios - yes, I do make a few bucks on it if you buy from this link, but hey ... I did find it and tip you off 
http://tinyurl.com/M-Power-Series
Jon Benson’s other products are hidden behind the links below: 7 Minute Muscle which I’ve used for close to 2 years now, with just a break here and there to let my muscles and my mind play with something else;
Every Other Day Diet, which is not literally binge one day and starve the next, but a detailed plan (5 in one actually, depending on your level) on how to have the things you enjoy at the best time possible to ensure fat reduction. Over 2 yeears after the first edition, I’m still using this system.
Fit Over 40 … is just plain inspirational, and does away with any excuse like "I’m too old", "I have x-number of kids", "I have a disability" or "I’m sick" … for the last one, look at Pax Beale!
I do promote Jon’s products more than any other, which doesn’t mean other programs aren’t valid. Many are, and my husband is enrolled in Jeff Anderson’s Combat The Fat challenge edition 2010, after having completed the 2008 challenge – which I did as well – and using this system of training pretty much for the full 2 years in between.
He still follows EODD though which shows you this nutritional program can be used with any training protocol.
I’ve also attempted to use Fabrice Rinaldi’s 1 Rep Fitness, but never made it past week 6 (of 12)
http://tinyurl.com/1-RepFitness
- too tough? No, I just didn’t really have my mind in the program when I did it. I will complete it in 2010 – as one of my fitness goals.