Progress Journal: Nicole Wilkins Transformation Program Weeks 3&4

I believe the first two weeks of any program are going to be the most challenging. My first two weeks were TOUGH. I was sore, tired, and I had to tell myself to keep showing up.

Week 3 has been better and I don’t feel as sore and tired. Part of this is due to the body work I received and the other part is my conditioning is improving.

There is no Perfect Game

I was listening to the breakdown of the AFC championship game and one of the analysts said something that stuck with me: Jacksonville went in there believing they needed to play a perfect game while New England knew they didn’t need to be perfect.

Even down 14 points going into the second half,New England knew they needed to be consistent, adjust for circumstances, and execute in order to win. Brady and Hoodie (Belechick) did their thing and came back for yet another 4th Quarter win.

I thought about why so many of these transformation challenges are such a fail. Many people believe that in order to get the outcome they want, they need to be perfect and once they encounter setbacks, they’re out of the game.

I used to be like that. If I couldn’t follow the plan perfectly or I had to miss a workout, then I had failed in some way. I would internalize these setbacks and it just kept adding to the “not enough” story.

Now I do not think like this.

For one thing, I have much more going on in my life and sometimes I have engagements and work obligations so I can’t follow workout schedules perfectly. I can make adjustments and keep showing up.

For instance this week, I have a Business class on Friday and Saturday so I had to make some adjustments into my workout schedule. Fine.

So how come you’re doing this program and not following the nutrition plan?

I’ll tell you why.

I trust myself enough to design my own eating routine.

I like to look at the recipes to liven things up and all that but as I know from experience, following meal plans works for a little while but after a while it gets tired and you end up wanting to rebel.

I can follow this for 8 weeks but after the end of 8 weeks, I’m tired of the diet and want to eat all the things…then there’s really no point.

Plus I am more focused on the HABIT CHANGE than following a meal plan religiously.

This program has helped me to plan my menus out for the week (especially when I know I’m going to be busy) so that makes eating right easier.

Remember….it’s about the GROWTH and not just OUTCOMES.

Out of Gas

This program is challenging and by Week 4, Day 5 I was out of gas physically. I skipped the cardio portion but got in the strength training component because I knew that I would be working at a conference over the weekend and would have 3 rest days!

I hit the wall physically and when that happens, it’s time to rest!