As another bootcamp nears its start, I love watching the influx of brand new folks at NGPT. Goals. Dreams. A little fear but mixed with way more excitement. If weight has plagued you as an issue, this can be the turning point in your life.
Every year, my husband Michael picks someplace in the back side of beyond to take us on grueling hikes. This week I write you from Idaho, which many of you have heard me whine about this week ;). Much like bootcamp, I’m signed up, but I don’t know exactly what I’m getting into. I just know it’s going to be difficult, and I’ll be sore, but it’ll be really good for me, and if I don’t die, then at the end there will be really cool pictures to reflect on.
Above find the view from the Stanley, ID Lookout Mountain, 9940 elevation, and absolutely impossible to fully capture on camera. “You need to be in good physical condition to reach the top” cautioned/challenged our guidebook, and I was excited to see it actually gave us a count of the 15 “breath challenging switchbacks” (SERIOUSLY no lie there) that took us up, with a warning that a full half of the elevation change took place in the last mile. One of the best things when you’re doing something really hard is knowing where the finish line is. You can persevere for that long with a goal in mind. But there’s not REALLY a finish line. The next day, we get up, and go again. Hubby has multiple hikes of varying lengths and heights mapped out, and we will just keep hiking until we run out of time or our bodies cry no mas. And every time we reach a new summit, with the world laid out in front of us, all that hard work to get there just falls away.
None of this would have happened without NGPT (and as we treat pricker pokes and wait for our sore glutes to chill out one can question the good in that ;), but I choose to believe that I got a second chance at being the fit person I never grew up daring to hope to be. Boot camp is just the start for you, too. What is in your rear view mirror that you want to reclaim? What did you NEVER hope to achieve that you now dare to dream is possible? Hold onto that. Everyone at NGPT is excited to take that journey with you. We’ll see the new you soon!
All the best,
Marcey
Coach Marcey Tidwell 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! After this week, she is also officially the world’s best wife. Ever.
