I just got back from our favorite event of the year — our trip to Kanakuk Family Camp in Branson, Missouri. It’s a week of fun and inspiration for all! Don’t worry, I didn’t fall of the wagon! I took my blender, Shakeology, and all my supplements with me. I hit the workout room for my resistance days and even did the Insanity and Ab routines in my cabana on the portable DVD player! I am a true addict! Haha!
So, can you guess how many P90X conversations I had this week? If you guessed more than I can count, you are right. Remember, most of these people hadn’t seen me since last summer, when I looked like a 260 pound beached whale at the pool! Many of them didn’t recognize me this year except that they recognized my kids! The staff made several comments of how impressed they were, and of course the questions started flowing. How did I do it? What had I been doing? etc. etc.
During Staff vs. Dad basketball nights, I was known as “The P90X dude” (by the way, the plyoX works wonders — I hadn’t played bball in months, and the last time I tried, I could barely touch the rim, but this week I was getting my whole hand and wrist above the rim — my vert has improved by at least 8 inches!).
Every morning there was a Bible teaching time, and wouldn’t you know it, the pastor called me out in front of about 150 people to discuss my P90X transformation!! He asked me to explain what I had been doing to transform my body (He was using it as a physical example of spiritual discipline). He even made a few comments about how “We’ve all seen Wayne at the pool, and wouldn’t we all want to look like that!!” That was a little embarrassing, but fun. And of course that got everyone else at the camp talking about P90X the rest of the time we were there!
Anyways, it’s just further reminder that when we commit to the program, we are a walking, talking, advertisement. People WANT to be in shape. They WANT to be healthy. They just don’t know where to start and how to follow through. When they see us, real life people (not paid actors!) who have done it, they will flock to us to learn how! It’s encouraging to me to share with others and help motivate them to go for it.
There’s nothing special about me. The reason I get all this attention is that I committed to P90X and the nutrition 100% and never looked back. It takes hard work and discipline, but anyone can do it. YOU CAN DO IT! So don’t make excuses … don’t leave regrets … Bring it!
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