I'm a Master

Well, maybe not at Crossfit, but I just handed in my last research paper for my last class for my MBA program. Assuming it's a semi-coherent read, I should graduate. I started almost 3 years ago and I remember the first class and thinking I made a big mistake because it was going to take so long to finish. Instead, it seemed to go by rather quickly. I think it relates a bit to working out and getting fit. You basically just need to show up and do what you need to do for that day. You need to break down larger goals. "Getting my MBA" is a big goal and doesn't allow for much focus. But breaking it down into "Read one text book chapter per weekday night" or "complete one review question every other night" or "find 4 usable source articles this week" are short-term goals that help get you through the day, week, month, class, and ultimately the entire program. Same thing goes for fitness. You can't start out 100 pounds overweight, barely able to do one bodyweight squat and start focusing on goals to lose 100 pounds and squat 200 pounds. It's too much, you must to break it into chunks. You should start out with a small, easily achievable goal that requires only a bit of work and effort. There is momentum in setting and accomplishing goals. Success builds on itself. I mentioned here before that last July (see far left photo above) I basically gave up ever being fit again because I just couldn't bring myself to eat right and increase my intensity at the gym. I was zombie walking through your standard 3x10 weightlifting routine and hating it. I was 35 pounds overweight and it just seemed like it would take forever to get fit so why bother? I decided to give it one last try and made a simple goal of tracking everything I ate for 2 weeks. If after two weeks, I didn't like it and didn't make any progress, then I promised myself I could eat 3 pizzas a day and buy a kegerator. Instead I lost about 10 pounds those first two weeks and the success kept rolling. Today I'm more fit than I ever was before, plus I'm smarter because we all know that degrees directly correlate with increased intelligence. ;)