With the New Year just around the corner, I expect many of you are thinking about what changes you want to make in 2010. New Years comes and it is almost like we get a clean slate and a fresh start. Our intentions are set and we commit to making changes to transform our lives, but somehow many of us fail. We fail because we don't understand what is happening in our brain through the process of changing our subconscious which is where all of our habits are stored. When we undestand what is happening we are able to recognize the self-sabatoge that is a normal part of the process for resisting change and protecting ourselves. Our subconscious brain believes that any change is a potential danger and so it will do anything it can to keep us safe and unchanged.

I have decided to take a 90 Day Challenge and I want to share with you what is happening in my brain as I work through the process of establishing a new habit of exercising on a daily basis. We know that it takes approximately 28 days to begin to make any kind of change to our subconscious brain and during that 28 days it requires almost 100% of willpower but if we are consistent and successful in 90 days we are able to permanently change our subconconscious so that no willpower is required. We peform the new habit without conscious thought, it becomes effortless like the beating of our heart.

So my plan is to work out using Tony Horton's P90X program and I will journal my thoughts each day as I am establishing my new habit. I hope for those of you that have set some some goals for the new year I will be able to help you achieve them and that we will be able to share our experience and our journeys together. Whether they be related to building habits to create wealth, health, loving relationships, advancement in your career or weight loss.

Before you begin write a goal statement, make sure that it is specific, measureable, action oriented, results based and time sensitive. This is really important, studies have shown that when goals are written down there is a much higher rate of achievement. Share it with others, I am sharing mine with you to help me commit to achieving it.

My goal is to achieve a lean and fit body by March 28th. I will do this by following the P90x workout routine on a daily basis for the next 90 days.

89 Days to go - Today was day 1 and I reluctantly got out of bed had a coffee and grabbed 2 bottles of water and headed to my workout room. Surprising I felt pretty good and was able to keep up with the routine . I am in a little better shape than I thought, it has been over 6 months since my surgery and I have done little to no exercise. I feel proud of myself although I think I might have nightmares though about the superman banana move. It is particularly difficult after having had abdominal surgery:-(!!

Thanks for reading and for your support. Here's to achieving our 2010 goals together! MaryC

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MaryC