Settle down

I'm feeling overwhelmed today. Marla has introduced a personal trainer to her audience. His name is Jonathan Roche. She mentioned him on last weeks FlyShow. His program (interval training and the No Excuses Work Out) is helping her with her body clutter. I did some research on the plan. The pricing for the plan is realistic (about $70) but it's not something I have room for in my budget. So now I'm dealing with all kinds of emotional body clutter. Am I missing out on a better workout? Will I feel left out if 'everyone else' is doing this plan and I'm not? Now, what I'm currently doing seems sub-standard. Why do I feel this way? I always have to have the latest and greatest everything. How can I 'survive' if I don't join in? ~sigh~

Now, I'm not blaming any of this on Marla or Jonathan. It actually sounds like a good plan, he's offering free downloads of workouts to try and this is working for Marla. I know it's my emotional body clutter that I am dealing with here. Why am I in such a tizzy? Will there be any point in me calling in to the FlyShow on Thursday if I'm not planning on participating in Jonathan's plan? What I'm doing is still working for me. I need to remember that. Not everyone is going to want to or will be able to join Jonathan's plan. I won't be the only one.

I get so caught up in whatever is new. I want to be a part of things and I don't think about the consequences. Or should I say that I used to not think about the consequences. Today I am looking at what this would mean for me. I'd be spending money that I don't have on a program that I may or may not follow and I'd be doing nothing more than trying to keep up with the Jones'. I'd be doing it just to say that I had jumped on the band wagon (even though Marla says that there is no band wagon lol). I need to take a deep breath and realize that what I'm doing is good enough. I'm walking up and down inclines during my walk (which would be like intervals I would guess). I'm breaking a sweat. I'm having fun. And I'm losing body clutter. It's working for me. Like Leanne says, why fix it if it's not broke.

I'd just be doubling my efforts. I already have the BCMM that I have paid for. I'm enjoying having my smoothie for breakfast. I don't need to spend money on 26 pages of recipes from Jonathan. I'm sure they are great recipes, but I don't need them and I can't afford them. I have already worked walking into my morning routine. And the routine works. Why would I want to introduce something else into my day that may or may not work for me? Walking is free. Blogging and calling in to the FlyShow to stay accountable are both free. Why would I want to start paying for something that I'm already getting for free? That just wouldn't make sense. Just because Marla's doing it doesn't mean that I have to do it. I have a choice. My life is just that - my life. And I choose not to start a completely different plan at this time, one that would cost me money.

This is why blogging is good for me. I usually would have just jumped in and then regretted my decision (for financial and personal reasons, not because the plan isn't good). This time I thought it through and realized that what I'm doing is good enough. In fact, it's more than good enough for me. It works just fine. I enjoy going for my walks, listening to my relaxation tape or a book on tape while walking and coming home and having a smoothie for breakfast. I don't need to get myself riled up here and jump in with both feet if I haven't thought it through.

But I have thought it through and I'm going to stick with my current plan. It's a good thing to settle down and think before acting.