I can't. It's going to take too much time. I'll do it later. Shouldn't we just do this instead? My 31 Day Shred had me pondering from the moment I woke up today, the word "Excuses." As I laid in my warm cozy bed and thought about my need to exercise, I began my downward journey. A part of me knew it was an easy task--Down the basement, me and Jillian Michaels, for 20 minutes. That's all it would take. However, I kept thinking of my normal routine. I should be getting into the shower. If I went to exercise, I would sweat and then have to shower again. Do you see where I am going? Excuse #1. I resisted my excuse and got up in my jammies and exercised. I counted, while I was exercising for 20 minutes, that on 5 different occasions I told myself that I couldn't complete the circuit. I'm not in shape. It's too hard. I need water. She is mean. Where is the mute button?
It was sometime in the midst of my plank position and choking on my heart, that I realized those were all excuses that I was using to not persevere. I had to fight against these lies.
After I finished my workout, I took my first and only shower of the day and was ready to go get breakfast. However, I stopped to think that I should flip the laundry. Again, finding Excuse #6 related to unreasonable malnutrition, I pushed passed it and hit the laundry pile. For Day 2 of my journey, I am shredding EXCUSES. I will fight against the ones in my head and just do it. From exercise to housework to reading to my kids and tucking them in at night, I will surpass the urge to make an excuse.
"No training seems pleasant at the time. In fact, it seems painful. But later on it produces a harvest of godliness and peace. It does that for those who have been trained by it." Hebrews 12:11-12
Until tomorrow,
Jen
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