I was going to post my INSANITY results today, showing how my body composition changed over the last 63 days, because let me tell you, it did. I lost 5 inches in my waist alone!
But posting before/after photos of JUST the last 63 days would have been a huge disservice to all of you AND to myself.
You see, my results from Insanity had almost nothing to do with the last 63 days. The nearly 5 years that came before the last 63 days and the well over 5 years that are going to come next... that's where the real work was/will be done.
Anyone can commit to a program or heaven forbid "diet" for 21 or 30 or 60 or even 90 days. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, a stopping point, a limit on programs like that. But could you do it for a year? What about 2 years? 3? 4? 5? What about a lifetime?
Results are more than about wanting them, more than about working toward them, more than about achieving them even. Results are about falling in love with the process, assimilating the "work" into your life, and acknowledging that the result you have your eye on is not the end point, but rather the next starting point.
It didn't take me 63 days to complete Insanity, it took me nearly 5 years, and I'm ok with that because here is the difference between a lifestyle and a diet:
One works, the other begins with DIE.
Which would you prefer?
But posting before/after photos of JUST the last 63 days would have been a huge disservice to all of you AND to myself.
You see, my results from Insanity had almost nothing to do with the last 63 days. The nearly 5 years that came before the last 63 days and the well over 5 years that are going to come next... that's where the real work was/will be done.
Anyone can commit to a program or heaven forbid "diet" for 21 or 30 or 60 or even 90 days. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, a stopping point, a limit on programs like that. But could you do it for a year? What about 2 years? 3? 4? 5? What about a lifetime?
Results are more than about wanting them, more than about working toward them, more than about achieving them even. Results are about falling in love with the process, assimilating the "work" into your life, and acknowledging that the result you have your eye on is not the end point, but rather the next starting point.
It didn't take me 63 days to complete Insanity, it took me nearly 5 years, and I'm ok with that because here is the difference between a lifestyle and a diet:
One works, the other begins with DIE.
Which would you prefer?
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