300 Challenge Day Before

300 Challenge Journey
Day Before
August 2, 2009

Ok, so I have been doing something about what I wanted to start off as a note/blog for my 300 Challenge Journey. I think I have it.

I wanted to write about how I got to this point. Sitting here my goals for the next 90 days are drastically different then back in November when I started P90X. Had you asked me then, I would have told you I wanted to look like the guys in the infomercials. I wanted to change my body and transform it into something I could be proud of. I didn’t care what it took and I really didn’t care what people said when I posted the pictures day 1 and on. My goals and mind were set on something very specific. Over that time I had to adjust, face adversity, and learn while up against the ropes. I never gave up despite the rocky road. I continually pressed play and took the concept of “do your best forget the rest” whole heartily. Because of my persistent attitude I accomplish what I wasn’t able to in just 7 months.

I start on this next journey with the same mindset but even more determine. See the funny thing about accomplishing goals is you want to set more. You want do more and see where you can take yourself. I was asked to place goals for this challenge and I did so. Measurements, numbers, and visual results are all fine but the greatest goal you can’t put a number to is, your drive. Each time I do a workout I won’t be thinking about those numbers. Each time I do a workout it will be my pure drive to be better in that moment that will be my goal. This goal of making myself better will translate much more in life. Yes having low body fat and high numbers are all fine but building confidence and my internal drive are far more valuable to me.

I was a sucker for numbers and appearance and failed to see the bigger picture, the journey. This is life, the journey. Not the numbers, or tangible things within life. So for the 300 Challenge my #1 goal is going to be enjoying the journey not the numbers.

Nick