So, Here I AM! I’m over weight and out of shape (I’m 6′ tall and am starting out at 285 lbs). I’m finding that I’m having a harder time than usual keeping up with my 4 children. I’m running low on energy, because all I do is sit at my desk to work, lounge around on my phone, and play some games with the kids from time to time. I’m lazy, a procrastinator, haven’t been eating well, haven’t been taking care of myself, and haven’t really even cared to change any of it.
Then I get my wake up call! I’m in the doctor’s office, being told that I’m now diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes, High Triglycerides, and High Blood Pressure, all of which can lead to heard disease and a possible heart attack. This makes it real…very real. I lost my dad when he was only a few years older than I am now…to none other than heart disease. He was also a diabetic and had high blood pressure, which only connects it further for me to make sure I don’t follow that closely in his footsteps.
I can’t let this be it, and I can’t leave my family without the love and support they need from me. I can’t leave my wife to handle all 4 kids and the business and everything completely by herself. I need to fix this…and I need to fix it NOW!
I started looking around at a number of different programs, purchased a couple that I just didn’t connect with, and then I finally found a program that I wanted to try, called Deliberate Discomfort. Here is my journey going through the Deliberate Discomfort Challenge by the Mission Six Zero team. These guys and gals are all very gung-ho, and a little over the top at times, as they are all elite special forces members from the U.S. Armed Forces (Green Berets, Navy SEALs, etc.). But this seems like it might straighten me out a little too. I need some of the growth internally, and the discipline as well. I need to get into shape like the guys in this group look, or at least closer to it!
They work on six different aspects of growth: Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual, Social, and Professional. They hit every point every day, and you need to follow through with the whole program for 60 days. If you don’t follow through with even one point on one day, you have two choices, Recycle and start over at Day 1, or just Quit. This looks like the kind of discipline that I’m needing in my life, and the kind of attitude I need to work on in my life too. It’s going to be difficult to get it all done, but I’m going to DO THIS!
Or so I thought! First time I tried, I got 3 weeks in and, because of a pinched nerve in my right shoulder/back area, and a freak blizzard like snow storm that prevented me from making it to the gym, had to Recycle (start over). Second time I got 1 Day in and had to recycle because I didn’t listen to my beautiful wife, and she simply needed me all day to help her through a very hard day. I’ve started it a few more times now, and have ended up with some pretty crazy reasons to Recycle. In the end, read my posts for each day, and enjoy the struggles, internal and external, logistical and hysterical. But see where the journey leads! There should be a link off to the right labelled Robert’s Deliberate Discomfort Challenge…and all my posts should be there!