I keep getting sick. And I never get sick. I'm actually really grateful for it. It is my body in some ways telling me I have done something RIGHT. I am pushing my limits, changing my status quo, and taking it places it hasn't been. But it is also telling me I'm out of balance.
This is a chronic problem for me. The embedded philosophy of, "If I can, I may as well."
"If I have the energy I may as well go out tonight."
"If I have the money I may as well spend it."
"If I have the heart and the energy, I may as well try to fix something that isn't my problem."
I am drawing a line in the sand on this as of today, as I erect a moat around my castle and fly the flag of my "DO NOT" list.
Coach Joss of Westlake Crossfit - a body in balance
But it takes equal - if not more - self discipline to DO NOT.
DO NOT stay up late, DO NOT go out so much, DO NOT eat so much, DO NOT drink so much, DO NOT commit to time with friends just because you feel like someone should, DO NOT travel so much, DO NOT spend so much money...
But your body will evidence your lack of discipline on the latter "do not's" far quicker than it will manifest the results of the "do's."
So here is my list of DO NOT commitments for the 2010 Crossfit Games:
-I will not drink alcohol more than one night per week. I have made "Slight Edge" mistakes with alcohol almost daily for over a year.
-I will not stay up so late. I will shut my phone and my mind off at 9 p.m. on weeknights. I have been making "Slight Edge" mistakes with sleep for the entire course of my career.
-I will not eat so much. I've tightened up to Zone/Paleo but this is my biggest place for improvemenr for Games training.
-I will not spend so much money. I have made fantastic strides here since I tapped into life coaching and training with Dani Johnson, but my career goal is to live very simply with a very simple family and turn our profits into a foundation that addresses some of the horrors I came face-to-face with in the devastated regions of the Middle East: the Balkans, Central Asia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Palestine, Sudan. Atrocities like human trafficking, slavery, rape - the list goes on. Me being sloppy and buying a 6-pack a night or going out to get cheese for my tacos when I don't even need it will very quickly take this dream and make it just that - fantasy-land.
I invite all of you to bust me up on my "do not" list as we edge increasingly closer to the Games. We are all in this together.
3, 2, 1... GO
