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i have done great things!

by on Jun.14, 2012, under Inspiration, Mind & Body

Well, shit howdy, check me out:

I’m a finalist in the July 2011 Lean Eating Program.

(I’m #8, btw.)

As I’ve been told,  450 women were enrolled in LE for this round. 450, and narrowed down to 20 finalists, and there my ass is smack dab in the middle.

Those other women aren’t competition, though – 10 of them were on my team and will forever be labeled as ‘sisters’. Others have become friends. All of them, even those not listed, have amazing stories to tell and I have nothing but mad respect and love for who they are and where they’ve been. Because – and I will tell you this over and over and over again until my last dying breath – those outsides cannot have lasting changes applied to them if the insides are not in check.

 

Our team was named the Cynergistas, named after our fearless leader, Cynthia, who was a past winner herself. She coached, and supported, and guided, held our hands when shit got difficult, and cheered us when we were able to go on our own. God, I love that woman.

We had shirts made. I might have had a hand in making them. Heh.

Same goes for the dudes. A lot of fine, solid men on that finalist list.

I told maybe all of 5 people I was doing this program. I didn’t tell more because I was afraid I’d fail. What’s funny is that failure is no longer a catastrophic demonstration of incompetence for me – failure is how I learn. Failure is how I grow. Failing is great because I get smarter and wiser and leaner and faster and stronger.

I know there’s a lot of you out there who have been following me and my epic body transformation journey since the post pregnancy days. I know you know just how much effort and energy I’ve put into all of this. What makes me awesome *now* is that I get it. I get it all. I get that there are some things you cannot get in some mindless attempt to go on cruise control for the rest of your life. I get that there are things you just can’t *get*. Your life is a journey, not a path to a destination – there is no ‘there’. Its a series of failure and experimentation and success and experience.

Anyway. I am proud and honored to be one of those 20 women. I’m in amazing company.

So. Freakin’. Proud.

 


  • http://www.facebook.com/bethany.shorb Bethany Shorb

    Dang y0. I’m thinking of trying it out. SO fell off the wagon in disgust lately from work-busy. I can’t seem to stay on ever, just starts and stops.

    • http://www.batty.us/ batty

      while going through the program, a lot of previous conversations we’ve had about our comparable mental states came up in my head. i can say with absolute certainty that you, your life, and even your business would benefit from it.

  • Gnat!

    Awesome awesome awesome that you’re a finalist! CONGRATS! I’d love to grill you sometime about what it took to overcome emotional eating…

    • http://www.batty.us/ batty

      get a copy of this book. i think that’s an excellent resource. TBH i dont think i am completely clear of the emotional eating, but i am a hell of a lot better at controlling it! it’s a practice, just like everything else.

      oh, this book too.

      emotional eating is self disrespect. you are worth way more than that. and that’s not a general ‘you’, that is me speaking right directly to you, gnatty. i have known you long times and you are a truly amazing person who has done some incredible shit in her life. that voice in your head that makes you want to lay on this disrespect is your saboteur. it wants to see you fail. it is the culmination of your insecurities and past bad experiences. it is like that one friend who you hang out with, and you wonder why you do because they are SO negative and soul sucking that being around them is draining, so you avoid their calls. it is not you. you are much, much better than that. some “friends” are just not worth hanging out with anymore.

      • gnat!

        I, uh, wow. I’m going to tell you that reading that made me close the laptop and go cry for a while, and not in a bad way.

        I think I’m over books; I get it while I’m reading it, but in the heat of the moment, the lessons don’t stick. I’m starting to look into a hypnosis session, I dunno, SOMETHING has to stick at some point. :-(

        • http://www.batty.us/ batty

          then i would tell you to get thineself on the LE program. seriously. you learn best by doing, i am that way too. LE makes you do. LE helped me see the good in me, and the truth about you. you would crush the program.

  • Lucile Barbaudy

    You can be very very proud to be in the 20 finalists !
    The results you achieved are incredible and I know that it’s hard work to achieve such results. None in term of workouts (working hard,) but also in terms of mind, inside .
    You won against emotional eating and I think that is one of the hardest thing, even if it’s not completely clear to your eyes, you know what you have to do in such case and how to manage it.
    I have a question : at the midterm of the program how do you was ? In terms of feelings but also in term of results on pictures. It just to have a reference point.
    I’m one of those 450 women who has enrolled in round of LE in tJanuary 2012 . I’m the only French women of my team and of this session and maybe the first one in the LE Story and I can say that is a wonderful team. I’m in the team Kaizen who’s coached by Kate. It’s a wonderful women.

    One more time, I just to have to say you “Respect” and “Congratulations”. Yes you can be very proud of what you achieved.
    Keep up the good work,
    I wish you the best, for now and for the rest of this year.

    Lucile

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