Sometimes stuff comes up in life that is totally unexpected and totally not wanted. This past week I have been sick with a sore throat that was practically closing up and then I had a severe head cold (eight days of down and out). I am convinced that this happened primarily because I told Chrystal (personal trainer at our studio) that I never get sick. That conversation, of course, occurred the week before I got sick. So here I am training for a figure competition with some extreme body composition changes that must be made for me to even think about competiting and I get sick. Not going to happen NOW. I just have to far to go and now, not enough time. So what to do? Continue on…

I am adapting my plan to one that I can sucessfully achieve with my current situation. I am starting to get back into lifting weights and cardio this week and will try to get into the best shape I can for a family get together that is happening over Thanksgiving. That gives me about 7 weeks to turn it on and make something happen. I will sit down this week and make my plan, in writing of exactly what I will do and when.

Sometimes you just have to believe that it happened for a reason. I just will not, should not, could not do this competition and now it’s a definite situation. Many times when obstacles get in our way to some destination we are pursuing we think, oh well, it is just not to be. That may be correct, but it also can be that it is not to be right NOW. Still to be, just not in this way. Another way perhaps?

I will do an figure competition next year. I will not give up. But it will be the right time for me. With that in mind I am going to refocus on getting back to where I usually am (before husband got sick) and from there to train for a competition, not such a big deal.

What are you doing when major setbacks prevent you from realizing your goals? Do you throw in the towel and say oh well, I’m not suppose to be fit anyway? Do you quit without trying to come up with another plan that is more doable?

When my husband and I thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 1999, on of the most important lessons I learned form the experience was that we must be flexible. Nothing written in stone. Gotta roll with circumstances that just might be the opposite of your initial plans. It never prevented us from accomplishing our large goal of completing the AT but often it was not at all how we planned it. And that was OK.

So whatever set backs you may be experiencing, remember it all about the journey and adapting to what is happening in your life. The end goal will be there waiting for you. You will get it. You will achieve it.

God Bless You,
Evey

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