We’re speeding through the second half of the January bootcamp as I write this. The beginning of the year has a special arbitrary motivational magic, so the results are generally especially impressive. But in the way of all or nothing thinking that is human nature, sometimes participants are incredibly focused on that “finish line.” I GET TO GO BACK TO NORMAL!!!! You may even have family and friends who are counting the days until graduation.
Not so fast there.
Normal is what brought you to NGPT.
Normal is common. Ordinary. Conventional.
I suspect very few of us grew up hoping to live a common life.
A certain percentage of people participating in the program will finish viewing it as a one-off. They go HARD for eight weeks and then stop. Been there, got the cool Tshirt, now where’s my real bread?
OR, some may go on the other end, continue to push to the extreme, eventually burning out.
Our dance teacher Matt says that when we are trying to learn a new move, we’ll generally over-do motions, then under-do, before settling into that “just right” Goldilocks middle ground.
Start to consider what your “just right” mindset looks like. Encourage yourself to give it your all during this launch period, but also save room for the idea that life is not meant to be a series of bootcamps with months of hedonistic abandon linking them. It may take more than one to cement the lifestyle, but know that the goal of your coaches is to give you the information to make good choices that fit into your life outside the bootcamp confines. The Meltdown system is set up to provide you with ongoing checkpoints to determine whether your “just right” might be a little “too much” or “too little” to maintain results.
“The rest of your life” is too scary a thought to contemplate on any topic. AA only asks you to take it one day at a time. I’m going to ask you this: make one small step towards committing to your post-bootcamp life. Go now and sign up for your week 10 weigh-in. (That’s March 20th or 22ndish - the weekend closing out spring break here in beautiful Bloomington.) Maybe you’ll be vacationing that week, but tell yourself NOW that that critical checkpoint will not pass without you honoring your eight weeks of hard work by holding yourself accountable for “what’s next.”
And when you do this? Drop me an email at [email protected] and tell me, and the one thing you’re currently celebrating so far in your progress.
AND? If you’ve fallen off the wagon from a prior Meltdown adventure, take that FIRST step toward regaining control - weigh-in this weekend (it’s not a bootcamper checkpoint!) and email me. We miss you. You’re always a member of the Meltdown family no matter where you’ve traveled since we last saw you :).
Coach Marcey Tidwell
Coach Marcey Tidwell is started as a client with NGPT in January 2011. Joining the team as an accountability coach, she wears many hats in assisting the Meltdown Nation! Nurse Marcey by day, she brings a wealth of knowledge the program!
