It's The Little Things

Hey Friends!  Now that you are two weeks into our class and we've had several times to chat with you, Jenn & I have sensed an attitude that we want to alert you all to be on the lookout for.  I don't have an official name for it, but I would warn you to be on your guard against having an "all or nothing" mindset.  

Here's what I mean: some of you are dealing with problems that have made it difficult to jump into this class 100%, even though you'd like to.  There are many factors for this--perhaps it's a super busy job schedule, or an injury, a health problem, or a travel schedule that puts you out of town more than you'd like and you have not been able to be at Jazzercise as much as normal.  

I've heard similar sentiments from several of you: "I just don't have the time right now to be "in" all the way, so that's why I'm not getting the results I want." or I've heard, "I'm hurt so I have not been able to work out, so I'm not very motivated, and I'm frustrated about that."

This is a dangerous attitude to have.  Why, you wonder? Are you thinking,  "I paid good money for this, and if I am not getting to execute the way I had hoped, and I am wasting my time, right?"  Wrong.  Wrong, wrong, wrong.  

I'm here to tell you that life is full of complications, setbacks, busy schedules, and tough choices.  If you have a mentality that you have to be doing it "All" for this to work, then you will continually be failing.  The truth is that life does not often cooperate.  You could have two great weeks and then break a toe (ahem...happened to me) and then not be able to exercise....does that mean that you can do nothing while you wait for your toe to heal?  Nope!  You can still do other things--perhaps it's upper torso work, or sticking to your eating, etc.  Maybe your work schedule has changed and you are not getting into Jazzercise the way you had hoped.  What can you do?  Eat well, walk on your lunch break....doing the little things, even if not part of your original plan, will make a big difference!

The point is, the little things add up to one big thing.  I heard a saying for the first time this week, "little mice eat big holes" in reference to frivolous spending.  You could apply this to your health & fitness too.  Little (changes) make a big difference.  So don't give yourself the cop-out of saying, "I can't do ______, therefore I cannot do it!"  We all have things that are going to get in our way, but we have to peck away at lots of little changes that add up to one big change.  We have to watch our attitude and be positive.   
Make big holes this week, Friend.  You CAN!  

~Sarah

P.S. Other posts that would be helpful to you are Struggles & Setbacks and Can You?? Or Can't You???