Coach Fowler

SEVEN. Research says that it takes seven positive words to balance out a negative one. We talked about this topic during a teacher meeting yesterday and about how badly our students need positive reinforcement.

So think about the times in which you've spoken negative words toward someone in your life - be it a friend, a partner, a family member. This means that they needed to hear something positive seven times more in order to cancel out the negativity you threw toward them.

WHAT ABOUT YOURSELF? How often do we stumble upon negative self talk?

"Ugh, this outfit looks like s**t on me."

"I'm an idiot."

"I'm fat."

I went to my first reiki session a couple of weeks ago, and toward the end she asked me when the last time was that I looked at myself in the mirror and said, "I love you."

Tears filled my eyes. I don't know that I'd ever done that.

7:1. This is for you. This is for me. I hope you see yourself in a positive light today. I hope you are able to look in the mirror with love. We all deserve that.

it’s 💯 okay to look back at a time and wish for those specific moments again. It doesn’t mean you haven’t grown. It doesn’t mean you haven’t moved on. It’s just that life has been throwing out “gotchas” left and right for the past 18 months, and it’s okay in those moments to take a deep breath, feel the moment, and utter “remember when?”

I don’t stay there long. I’ve got s**t to do here.

📸 Alexandrea Delgado

ME - “I don’t want to!” 😭

Annie - “too bad, you’re already here.” 🙄

It’s 16° here in OKC and I had 53,267 reasons to sleep in and not workout. But today, I showed up.

You won’t always be pumped for your workout and you won’t always be motivated either. There IS a time for rest and recovery, but today wasn’t that. I just needed to crawl my ass outta bed because nobody is gonna do it for me. There’s a time for grace, but there’s also a time to tell yourself to quit bitching and get s**t done. That was my speech to myself this morning at the 5AM hour. Didn’t love it, but I don’t regret it.

Lifting weights, healthy eating, fat loss, healing, communication, relationships, owning a plant, cooking... every damn thing we do requires consistent practice in order to get better at it. Don’t fall into the “success overnight” trap.

Achievement takes time, and it might even require a few failures along the way. And that’s ok. It’s part of the growth process.

I’m consistent and intentional with 2 things right now: chin-ups and sustainable fat loss. Are you working toward something specific right now? I wanna know! Tell me below! ⬇️⬇️⬇️