Did I do it without temptation and internal turmoil?

Oh I asked myself several times…could I stay the course? Could I stay to my commitment?

Ugh.

Part of what prevents any of us from change is fear of course, but also in the mix is a clinging to old myths. We have our perspective, our past, our routine and we’re going to cling to all that like a 2 year old with a pacifier. But we keep an eye out for that magic bullet! Often we cling to our way and we’ll “try” something new but only if it works instantly!! Thus our running to the mirror after doing a workout, and looking for instant improvement. How many times did I do that? Infinity comes to mind.

Or doing these DVDs for a couple of weeks and then listening to the siren song of cupcakes or being too busy for several days because in the back of the mind lurks “other people do that.”

Caving to mediocrity I proclaim! It’s hard to go for excellence because so much of society caters to the cave-in, the oh-you-deserve not to be excellent and be mediocre so go ahead and stuff your face with that bread basket, bloomin’ onion, smothered nachos and 4 margaritas. Average so often wins because the majority seeks the status quo.

How many times have we heard that certain exercise moves don’t work? They bulk, they build, they whatever.

For all the haters of squats and lunges, guess what? In these DVDs, there are squats and lunges. Now before you get your panties in a twist, have you been doing squats and lunges CORRECTLY? I thought they were a no-brainer but I was wrong. Dove teaches you how to do them correctly AND in a rhythm that does not bulk and there’s been no bulking for me. See my before and after thigh pictures at the end of Part I. Dove does not belabor any exercise but keeps moving, moving, moving.

My point is this: if you are not happy with how you look, make no excuses to stall, procrastinate or sabotage (”oh I don’t want to give up X”) and do the Zone and these DVDs and the cardio faithfully and I promise you that in 8 weeks your friends, and you, will be stunned. Yes, I understand that you might have been burned before, but damn it, just try this before you complain one more second.